Back on this day in 1973, the first public mobile telephone call was made on the Manhattan sidewalk

Back on this day in 1973, the first public mobile telephone call was made on the Manhattan sidewalk. Martin Cooper made the device, and repotedly called his biggest competitor to tell him he was calling from a cell phone.

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