1876 – Alexander Graham Bell spoke the immortal words “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” over a telephone in his Boston laboratory, summoning his assistant from the next room. It is widely considered the first instance of someone using technology when they bloody well could have just got up and spoke to someone in person. It is also widely considered the first phone call.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar10.html
1891 – Almon B. Strowger was issued a US patent for his electromechanical switch to automate a telephone exchange. Strowger wasn’t the first to think of of automatic switching but he was the first to make a practical switch.
http://www.ospmag.com/issue/article/052008-Lies
2000 -The Nasdaq hit 5,048.62, the highest point of the dot-com boom. The bust began the next day.
http://money.cnn.com/2000/03/10/markets/markets_newyork/
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