1876

A catastrophic fire broke out in the Brooklyn Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. 278 people were killed.

Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson demonstrated the first two-way conversation over outdoor wires. Their call was made between Boston and Cambridge.

Frank James and his gang were involved in a disastrous raid in Northfield, Minnesota, resulting in the death or capture of multiple gang members.

Alexander Graham Bell answered the world’s first long-distance telephone call in Paris, Ontario, from his father at the Bell homestead in Brantford, about 8 miles