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Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Thomas A. Watson
American machinist best known for assisting in the invention of the telephone
Thomas Augustus Watson was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone in 1876.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)