07/31/1865
In the Atlantic, the latest effort to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable fails when the cable breaks and is lost Science/Technology
07/13/1866
Off Ireland, the Great Eastern begins her cable laying operation towards Canada. Science/Technology
09/02/1866
The Great Eastern begins to lay cable connected to the recovered 1865 broken cable and heads for Newfoundland. Science/Technology
07/27/1866
The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, arrives in Newfoundland and the cable is connected. Science/Technology
07/22/1866
The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, passes where the cable broke and was lost in 1865. Science/Technology
07/28/1866
The new Atlantic Cable transmits and receives its first messages between North America and Europe. Science/Technology
