Monopoly Invented & Bell Patent for Phone

[Len Lanetti]

ON THIS DAY: In 1933, the board game Monopoly was invented. In 1876,

29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone

(referred to as "improvements to the telegraph"). Three days later,

Bell made the first successful telephone call, to another floor in his

house.

 

[Mark S]

ON THIS DAY: In 1933, the board game Monopoly was invented. In 1876,

29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone

(referred to as "improvements to the telegraph"). Three days later,

Bell made the first successful telephone call, to another floor in his

house.

He showed the phone to his daughter the next day and was not able to use it again for 10 years.

Mark

 

[gkainz]

ON THIS DAY: In 1933, the board game Monopoly was invented. In 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone (referred to as "improvements to the telegraph"). Three days later, Bell made the first successful telephone call, to another floor in his house.

Two days after that, Bell received his first call from a phone solicitor, attempting to sell him aluminum siding for his house.

Alexander's first call was met with a busy signal - he made the mistake of installing another phone in his teenager's room.

 

[Lawreston]

ON THIS DAY: In 1933, the board game Monopoly was invented. In 1876,

29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone

(referred to as "improvements to the telegraph"). Three days later,

Bell made the first successful telephone call, to another floor in his

house.

......and after nearly two months of wrangling with Vonage to get my Verizon # transferred to Vonage(VOIP) it, finally, was completed TODAY. Though the delay has been a PITA, the VOIP system is good, and a heck of a lot less expensive than Verizon. Alex B. had a great idea, but the technology advances must have him spinning.

HR