March 10 Birthday
On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell spoke into a device and said, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." Thomas Watson, in another room, heard it. It was the first telephone call. Bell had been racing Elisha Gray to the patent office, and won by hours. Gray's caveat described the same invention. The patent Bell received — number 174,465 — became one of the most valuable patents in history. Bell was 29 years old. People born on March 10 fall under the zodiac sign of Pisces. The birthstone is Aquamarine and the birth flower is Daffodil. Historical events on March 10 include 1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes first phone call, 1948: Treaty of Brussels signed, 2000: Dot-com bubble peaks (NASDAQ hits 5,048). Famous people born on March 10 include Marcel Proust (1871), Chuck Norris (1940), Sharon Stone (1958).