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.

April 25 th is National Telephone Day, when the long and storied history of the telephone is celebrated. While it is commonly known that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, the phone ...

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, ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 on March 7; the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Before the phone: One of the earliest ways to communicate outside of mail was the ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - Tuesday marks 150 years since Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. Wisconsin residents played a role in the invention’s early development. Two years before ...

BOSTON (KWTX) - On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell stood in his Boston laboratory at 5 Exeter Place and made the first successful telephone call. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” With ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 on March 7; the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Apple’s 50-year odyssey has redefined technology, pop culture and comeback stories A ...