On This Day in History March 7, 2023

Historical Events 161  Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire 1530  English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope 1876  Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US 1912  Roald Amundsen announces his discovery of the South Pole (located 14 December 1911) 1936  Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the Rhineland More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Rachel Weisz 53rd Birthday Reinhard Heydrich 1904 - 1942 Wanda Sykes 59th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Antoninus Pius 86 AD - 161 AD Stanley Kubrick 1928 - 1999 More Famous Deaths March 7: Telephone Invention Dispute? That Rings a Bell There was fierce competition among 19th Century inventors to come up with a working telephone. Alexander Graham Bell won and was granted a patent on this day. Read the Article