The first telephone conversation was made between the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, and his assistant, Thomas Watson – “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” – on this day in 1879. Did you know that: • John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patented a pile driver on this day in 1791• Abraham Lincoln applied […]
Roald Amundsen announced his discovery of the South Pole to the world on this day in 1912. Did you know that: • Charles Miller patented the first sewing machine to stitch buttonholes on this day in 1854• Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone on this day in 1876• Willis Farnsworth patented a […]
American oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, became the world’s first billionaire on this day in 1916. Did you know that: • Paul MacCready, an American engineer who created the first human-powered aircraft, was born on this day in 1925• The first electronic telephone answering machine was created by Bell Laboratories on this day in 1950• […]
