The world of communication was revolutionized by a man who died this
day, April 2, 1872. His name: Samuel Morse. He invented the telegraph 
and the Morse
Code. An outstanding portrait artist in his own right, founding the 
National Academy of Design, Morse erected the first telegraph lines 
between Baltimore
and the U.S. Supreme Court chamber in Washington, D.C. in 1844. The
first message he sent over this new communication system was only 
four words, a verse
from the Bible, Numbers 23:23: "What hath God Wrought!"