Did you know…?
On August 4, 1922, every phone in North America went silent.
On August 2, 1922, Alexander Graham Bell died from complications due to diabetes. Forty-six years earlier, on March 10, 1876, Bell had uttered the now-famous line “Watson, come here, I want to see you!” into his newest invention, the telephone; by 1922 there were more than 15 million phones in use in North America, all through the Bell Telephone Company. To honor Bell’s passing, on the day of his burial the Bell Telephone Company silenced all of the telephones in North America for one minute. It is the only time in the history of the company that this had been done.
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- United States History
- If it weren’t for Navajo Indians, the United States would have lost the battle at Iwo Jima.
- Before 1883, there were 8,000 times zones in the United States.
- The first fatality of the Civil War was an accident.
- Many delegates did not sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4th.
- If Benjamin Franklin had his way, our national bird would be the turkey.
- The Liberty Bell was never rung on July 4, 1776.
- The correct folding of the American flag 13 times does not symbolize the 13 colonies.
- Scopes never committed the crime that led to the Scopes Monkey Trial.
- After the doomed Apollo 13 landed, Houston had another—hilarious—problem.
- The United States Constitution isn’t perfect—grammatically speaking.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” was improvised.
- The United States once included a state named Franklin.
- On August 4, 1922, every phone in North America went silent.
- “The Star-Spangled Banner” was originally a British drinking song.
- The shortest U.S. Presidential term was 1 day.
- The New York Stock Exchange began in a coffee shop.
- There was once a 5-cent bill.
- President Roosevelt’s safety during World War II was due to Al Capone.
- Puff the Magic Dragon was a war hero