[Born This Day] from [Britannica]
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh this day in 1847, was an audiologist who in his career was granted 18 individual patents and 12 with collaborators but was best known as the inventor of the telephone (1876).
[On This Day] from [Britannica]
2005: Steve Fossett's circumnavigation of Earth
On this day in 2005, American adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to complete a solo nonstop circumnavigation of the globe without refueling when he landed in Kansas after more than 67 hours in flight.