Topic
invention
2 events tagged this topic.
Science & Technology March 10 1876
"Mr. Watson — Come Here": The First Telephone Call
On 10 March 1876, in a Boston boarding-house laboratory, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first intelligible sentence by telephone to his assistant Thomas Watson — three days after his patent was issued.
Science & Technology December 17 1903
Twelve Seconds at Kitty Hawk: The First Powered Flight
On 17 December 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright brothers achieved the first sustained, controlled, powered flight of a heavier-than-air craft.