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Did you know today is Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday?
Article posted by Marlene Frost on Tuesday, March, 3rd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I thought I would share a little tidbit of information. Did you know that today is Alexander Graham Bell’s birthday? Usually the news and media don’t seem to recognize his birthday even though he provided us with a very important invention. His mother and wife were deaf and that influenced his life’s work. Alexander’s research on hearing and speech led him to experiment with hearing devices which culminated in being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. Upon his death, all telephones throughout the United States “stilled their ringing for a silent minute in tribute to the man whose yearning to communicate made them possible”.
Think about where we would be without telephones. His invention has lead many other inventors to improve on what he did and wow, have they improved it. Without phones, business would be a lot more difficult and talking to friends and family would almost be non-existent because who wants to constantly drive or walk to someone’s house just to say hello. I’m sure if Alexander didn’t come up with the invention someone else eventually would have but why not give him credit for what he accomplished. I would like to raise my handset up in his honor and say “thank you for starting a wonderful thing”. : )
http://www.design-technology.org/telephone.htm
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