First Bucharest-to-NYC phone call, Dec. 25, 1931 (Vâlcovici, Ghika, Filipescu, Wilson, Sussdorf, Ogilvie), 25 December 1931
First bucharest-to-new york city phone call, from the romanian telephone palace. From left: victor vâlcovici, romanian minister of public works; dimitrie i. Ghika, romanian minister of foreign affairs; grigore filipescu, chairman of the romanian telephone company (sart); and three representatives of itt, sart's parent company: c. Wilson; l. Sussdorf; geoffrey ogilvie. Date: 25 December 1931.