The U.S. House of Representatives stated that Antonio Meucci's "work in the invention of the telephone should be acknowledged".

Alexander Graham Bell's HD-4 set a world marine speed record of 70.86 miles per hour (114.04 kilometres per hour), a record which stood for ten years

Alexander Graham Bell made the first ceremonial transcontinental telephone call. Calling from New York City, Bell was heard by Thomas Watson in San Francisco, marking a historic achievement in telecommunications and connecting the East and West coasts of the United States via telephone.

Bell was present as the Silver Dart flown by J. A. D. McCurdy from the frozen ice of Bras d'Or made the first aircraft flight in Canada.

The U.S. attorney general dropped the lawsuit against Alexander Graham Bell, leaving several issues undecided on the merits.

The U.S. government moved to annul the patent issued to Bell on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation.

Alexander Graham Bell's assistant transmitted a wireless voice telephone message a considerable distance, from the roof of the Franklin School in Washington, D.C., to Bell at the window of his laboratory, some 700 feet away, 19 years before the first voice radio transmissions.

Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone to Queen Victoria at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Bell placed calls to Cowes, Southampton, and London, marking the first publicly witnessed long-distance telephone calls in the UK. Queen Victoria found the process extraordinary, although the sound was rather faint. This demonstration secured further recognition and validation for Bell's invention and the potential of telephone technology.

The first two-way (reciprocal) conversation over a line occurred between Cambridge and Boston. During that conversation, Bell was on Kilby Street in Boston and Watson was at the offices of the Walworth Manufacturing Company.

Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call via telegraph wires between Brantford and Paris, Ontario. This test is said by many sources to be the 'world's first long-distance call'. It proved that the telephone could work over long distances, at least as a one-way call

Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call via telegraph wires and faint voices were heard replying from the telegraph office in Brantford

Alexander Graham Bell successfully transmitted speech over his telephone invention. Speaking the phrase, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" into the device, Bell demonstrated the functionality of the telephone to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, who was in another room and heard the words clearly. This event marked the successful realization of Bell's invention and a significant milestone in the development of the telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell was granted U.S. Patent No. 174,465 for the telephone, marking a pivotal moment in the history of communication. The patent covered the method of transmitting vocal sounds telegraphically by causing electrical undulations, similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the vocal sound. This invention would revolutionize communication worldwide and establish Bell's legacy as the inventor of the telephone.

Elisha Gray files a caveat with the U.S. Patent Office for a telephone design that used a water transmitter on the same morning, Bell's lawyer filed Bell's application with the patent office