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.

For our 150th episode, Greg Jenner is joined by historian Professor Iwan Morus and comedian Catherine Bohart to learn about ...

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor and innovator, received the first patent for an “apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically,” a device he called the ...

Online event series runs June 17, June 24, and July 1, tracing American communications from Bell's first telephone call ...

The first phone call sparked the creation what is now the largest advanced converged network that connects Americans to the internet faster than ever. AT&T Inc. (T) (NYSE: T) proudly continues the ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 on March 7; the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Today in History: May 30, 10 killed in clash between striking steelworkers and police ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this date, 150 years ago, Boston-based inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first telephone call -- and he did it in ...

These days, our phones are basically extensions of our bodies. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology historian of science and technology takes us back to Alexander Graham Bell's famous first ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - Before the iPhone’s marimba ringtone, before rotary phones, even before the candlestick telephone, it all started in New Haven. The New Haven Museum displays a replica of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. One of two telephones used by ...