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Which country celebrated Meucci's 200th birthday in 2008?

  • Italy

  • United States

  • Canada

  • France

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Italy celebrated Meucci's 200th birthday in 2008 to honor the Italian inventor's contributions to telecommunications. Meucci, born in Florence, Italy, is credited with developing the first working telephone in the 1850s, although his invention was not widely recognized until after Alexander Graham Bell's patent in 1876.
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