This Week in Business History for August 16th: Laying the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 5 a.m.

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In this edition of This Week in Business History, Kelly Barner remembers key innovations, inventions, and firsts that took place between August 16th and the 20th. In our main story, she\\u2019ll explain the vision \\u2013 and the determination \\u2013 required to lay a functional telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean. She will also mark the birthdays of two trailblazing fashion icons, each of whom innovated in their own, unique way.

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