March 10 in American History
Alexander Graham Bell spoke the first words ever transmitted by telephone to his assistant in the next room: "Mr. Watson, come here — I want to see you." Within a few decades the telephone would be in millions of homes and businesses, collapsing distance and remaking commerce, courtship, and daily life.
In 1876: the first telephone call. Alexander Graham Bell spoke the first words ever transmitted by telephone to his assistant in the next room: "Mr.
Alexander Graham Bell spoke the first words ever transmitted by telephone to his assistant in the next room: "Mr. Watson, come here — I want to see you." Within a few decades the telephone would be in millions of homes and businesses, collapsing distance and remaking commerce, courtship, and daily life.
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