STD inaugurated in the UK by the Queen

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5 December, 1958

STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialling) was inaugurated in the United Kingdom (UK) by Queen Elizabeth II on 5th December 1958. She spoke from Bristol to Lord Provost who was in Edinburgh.