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Today In History – March 10 – Alexander Bell Makes First Successful Telephone Call

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call – Mine explosion kills 1,060 in France – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people – Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer Exposed

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Today In History – February 27 – Twenty-Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Ratified

The island of New Britain is discovered – Britain recognizes U.S. authority over Western Hemisphere – The British Labour Party is founded – Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights, Mine explosion kills 74 in Montana – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified – U.S. Olympic hockey team beats Soviet Union

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