WES WESSINGER My Birthday in History

The following events took place on March 7

Telephone Patented On March 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone Three days later, the telephone carried its first intelligible message--the famous "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you"-- from Bell to his assistant. commons.wikimedia.org

Bridge Over Troubled Water In 1970, This song by Simon and Garfunkel started a ten week run at #1 in the U.S. charts By the release date the band had broken up tvtropes.org

Nazis invade Rhineland In 1936 Hitler moved troops into the small demilitarized zone in West Germany This action violated the Treaty of Versailles en.wikipedia.org

Anglican Church In 1530, Henry the VIII’s divorce request is denied by the pope Subsiquently, King Henry VIII declares that he is the head of the church of England Anglican Church started en.wikipedia.org

Beatles In 1962, The Beatles recorded their first radio appearance, at the Playhouse Theatre, Hulme, Manchester The show was recorded with other artists in front of a teenage audience

Carrot Top In 1994 Carrot Top is a famous “prop comic” Wins the 8 th annual American Comedy Award

Magic Johnson In 1996, he is the second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists Only 5 players ever have reached this goal dyslexiahelp.umich.edu

Monopoly In 1933, the popular board game Monopoly was invented Charles Darrow is given credit for created the game

Day of Rest In the early year 321 Roman emperor Constantine declares that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. This tradition has lasted ‘til today where our Sunday is considered a day of rest

Boston Port Closed In 1774, British troops close Boston Port to all commerce This action contributed to the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolutionary War en.wikipedia.org