On March 7, 1876, a 29-year-old inventor named Alexander Graham Bell officially received a patent for his new invention, the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847.

About 150 years ago, in a small, crowded laboratory, a revolutionary moment occurred when nine simple words transmitted over a copper wire effectively ended the era of physical distance. On March 10, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - March 10, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell makes his first successful telephone call to his assistant, saying, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” This success allowed ...

On this day in Boston history, the first ever successful phone call was made. Many know the story of the telephone's invention by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson, ending in the call with the ...

These days cellphones are basically extensions of our bodies, so it might be hard to imagine life without them. But the world’s first telephone call — or, more specifically, the first time a ...

Alexander Graham Bell conducted a successful experiment with the telephone. His assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”, ...