To honour his contributions to science and technology, March 7 is celebrated as Alexander Graham Bell Day. It was on this day that the first words were spoken over a telephone. “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you,” Alexander Graham Bell called out to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson.
Patent Date
On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for “transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically.” Three days later, on March 10, Bell uttered the famous words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" into a transmitter. His assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in the next room, heard the words clearly and thus, the first telephone was created.
In commemoration of the day he was granted the patent, Bell’s fans around the world celebrate March 7 as Alexander Graham Bell Day. It is a day recognized by an official act of the legislature in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Prolific Inventor
In addition to the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell is also credited
with being the inventor of the metal detector and he is known for developing
the Hydrodome, a watercraft that set a world marine speed record in 1919.
