Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from…

July 1888 CE

Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 25, 1888.

This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now.

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Cincinnati Hamilton Ohio United States View →

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