We all have Alexander Graham Bell to thank for that it was he only who had invented the first telephone on March 7, 1876 nearly 150 years ago. So, to honor his contributions to science and technology, March 7 is celebrated worldwide as Alexander Graham Bell Day. It was on this day that the first words were spoken over a telephone.
Bell’s invention, the telephone, revolutionized the world of communications. The unofficial holiday recognizes the day in 1876 when Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the technology that would later become the telephone and changed the world of communications.
On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for the telephone and secured the rights to the discovery. Days later, he had made the first ever telephone call to his partner, Thomas Watson.
Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh on 3 March 1847. At the age of eleven he had chosen to add the middle name of Graham, which stuck for the rest of his life. Sound and speech were part of Bell’s life from a young age. Prior to this, in July-August 1870, Bell, his parents, and his sister-in-law, Carrie Bell, had emigrated to Canada to settle in Brantford, Ontario.
Graham Bell invented other devices too
Although Graham Bell is best remembered as the inventor of the telephone, he invented other devices too. Bell developed several sonic technologies, including the photophone (1880) and the graphophone (1886). He also developed medical technology.
It is worth noticing that why the word ‘Hello’ is used after dialing. At that time, there was no ring to grab attention, so Alexander Graham Bell suggested saying, “Ahoy!” to let the other party know you wanted to talk. However, his friend Thomas Edison insisted “Hello!” was the way to grab someone’s attention. So, the people at that time agreed to use “Hello”.
Everyone knows about Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone. Yet, many people do not know that he was also a deaf educator and advocate, with an association named after him: “National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders”. Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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