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August 13

1889

A child points at an old pay telephone and says, 'Gramma, whats a pay phone?' The child's grandmother answers, 'People used to use them to make phone calls. You put in a coin and dial a number!' The child responds, 'Whats a coin?'
August 13 1889: The coin-operated telephone is patented by William Gray.