the first telephone was installed in the White House (presidents house) (america) 1880.
The first elevator was put in , in 1881 while Chester Arthur was president.
Rutherford B. Hayes. The first telephone in the white house was installed in 1879 with the phone number '1'.
Most sources say it was Rutherford B. Hayes. President Hayes benefitted from the new technologies of his era: he was not only the first to have a typewriter in the White House, but in 1877, he became the first to have a telephone installed.
First, hi Cindy and thanks for asking such an interesting question. After Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, the first president to have one installed at the White House, around 1877, was Rutherford B. Hayes, so he was probably first to hear a telephone ring! I enclose a link to the story of how President Hayes got his telephone installed.
George Bush Sr was the first to actually have dial tone and the ability to dial his own calls. Herbert Hoover was the first to have a phone on his desk, but the call needed to be connected by an operator.
Rutherford B. Hayes had the first telephone installed in the White House in 1879, The only place he could call was the Treasury since there were no switchboards in those day. Nonetheless Hayes saw great potential use for the telephone .
The first telephone was installed in 1878. It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, and was installed by Richard Johnson.
That would be the first deaf president.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was initially apprehensive of touching the light switches in the White House after they were installed. As a result, a White House usher was tasked with turning the switches on and off. Roosevelt's reluctance was due to his fear of being electrocuted, stemming from an incident in his youth where he received a shock while using a telephone during a thunderstorm.
The first telephone in Australia was installed in Melbourne in 1879.
The year was 1891. Benjamin Harrison was the president.
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A noteworthy event for today, March 23rd in history was the invention of the Dixie cup in 1912.