Daily Archives: March 10, 2026

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call 150 years ago this hour (Mar 10 1876)


Video: 'The First Telephone'

(Friday, March 10, 1876, around 7:00 p.m. local time) — Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, today heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.

Carl Perkins becomes first country artist to enter R&B chart 70 years ago today (Mar 10 1956)


Video: 'Carl Perkins - "Blue Suede Shoes (Remastered 2022)" (Official Music Video)'

(Saturday, March 10, 1956) — Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes” showed up on all three of today’s Billboard best selling retail charts — pop, country and western and rhythm and blues — marking the first time a country and western artist ever scored in all three categories.