If Alexander Graham Bell were around today, that might be how he'd summon his intrepid assistant, Thomas Watson. Of course, for some oldheads that message might take a minute to decipher, or just give ...

On this day in Boston history, the first ever successful phone call was made. Many know the story of the telephone's invention by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson, ending in the call with the ...

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(CBS DETROIT) - On March 10, 1876, the world's first telephone call was made. Graham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847 and went on to become an expert in sound and public speaking, according to ...