dec 30, 1962 - Leonid Ivanovich Kupriyanovich introduces the "Altai" mobile phone to the Soviet Union, 10 years before Martin Cooper's first mobile phone. While not as well known, it's impressive that the USSR had mobile phones before the U.S. (1961)
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“Leonid Kupriyanovich.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Sept. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kupriyanovich.Added to timeline:
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dec 30, 1962
Now
~ 62 years ago