“It was an interesting day because I didn’t know what was going to happen,” said Meilhan standing outside the stadium earlier this month, recalling the event. He and a technician were part of a race: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are more than 300 million cellphone customers in the U.S. David Meilahn, a suburban Chicago insurance agent, was the first.

Elizabeth French was crying when she turned and directly addressed Eric Morgan, a 25-year-old man who on Thursday admitted to his role in the shooting death of her daughter, Chicago Officer Ella ...

The first cell phone call ever by a customer started with a stolen car. It was decided by a race in Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. And it was completed to the granddaughter of Alexander Graham ...

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On Oct. 13, the world celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first commercial cell phone call from Soldier Field in Chicago to somewhere in Germany. That was 1983, just after I had finished graduate ...