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		macintux on June 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The nationwide roll-out of the 911 system was a di... I assume rotary dial phones are now all but extinct. I used one about 20 years ago (to win free tickets from a radio station, and succeeded!) but even then they were rare.

gpvos on June 29, 2017 [–]

Yeah, but according to the article, 999 was introduced in 1937.

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