jan 1, 1940 - Handie Talkie:
In 1940 Galvin Manufacturing
Corporation engineers developed
the Handie-Talkie SCR536 AM
portable two-way radio. This
handheld radio became a World War II
icon. The Handie-Talkie and other
radios Galvin Manufacturing developed
for the U.S. military at this time did
not carry the Motorola brand.