Telephonic touchstone: 149 years ago today, the first phone call happened
Alexander Graham Bell called his assistant, Thomas Watson, on March 10, 1876. Communication has evolved ever since.
The first ever phone call happened on this day in Boston 149 years ago. Here's the story
In fact, much of the experimentation and research to develop the first telephone happened in Boston, leading up to the ...
On This Day, March 7: Alexander Graham Bell gets 1st telephone patent
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany shortly after declaring independence from Russia. In 1936, Adolf Hitler ...
Alexander Graham Bell Day: The man who made long-distance gossip possible
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847, Bell came from a family where communication was more than just talking—it was a science. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was a speech therapist who developed ...
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CT Culture Corner: Oscar-winner at Yale, tragic surrealist on display and the first telephone directory
Bong Joon Ho is coming to Yale, Oscar trivia about "Anora," Kay Sage's artwork in Waterbury and a biopic about Alexander ...
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How Alexander Graham Bell Helped Helen Keller Defy the Odds
Eclipsed by his fame as the inventor of the telephone, phonograph, metal detector, and early forms of the hydrofoil (among other machines) is the extensive work that Alexander Graham Bell did with ...
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Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?
As Alexander Graham Bell Day approaches, let's take a closer look at how the iconic inventor cemented himself in the history books. Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland ...