Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1876 - Patent Granted For Telephone

It was on this day back in 1876 that Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone and the world of communication was set to change forever.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1960 – Ivan Lendl, the Czech tennis player

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 1999 – Stanley Kubrick, the US film director