<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Breakup of the Bell System">Breakup of the Bell System</a>: In the United States, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT&amp;T_Corporation" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="AT&amp;T Corporation">AT&amp;T</a> agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.<sup about="#mwt202" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"auto"}}' id="cite_ref-auto_36-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_8#cite_note-auto-36" id="mwAUA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 36;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUE">[36]</span></a></sup>