Science

On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first words by telephone, to his assistant in another room. Bell had received his patent for the telephone three days earlier.

Doctor and research scientist Alice Hamilton was born on February 27, 1869, in Manhattan, New York. Hamilton was a pioneer in the fields of occupational health and industrial toxicology. Her extensive research and thorough reports helped improve working conditions across America.

On February 10, 1807, President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation to establish the United States Survey of the Coast.  This later became the US Coast and Geodetic Survey and eventually the National Geodetic Survey.

By the time Carlson was eight years old, both of his parents were sick, which left him responsible with working to support the family.  In his teens, he would work two or three hours before school, and then several more hours after classes finished for the day. 

Mathematician and scientist John von Neumann was born on December 28, 1903, in Budapest, Hungary.

Anthropologist Margaret Mead was born on December 16, 1901, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Health activist and philanthropist Mary Woodward Lasker was born on November 30, 1900, in Watertown, Wisconsin.

On November 28, 1954, Nobel physicist Enrico Fermi died in Chicago, Illinois.

Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731, in Baltimore County, Maryland.