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Believe It or DON’T

By WJBD Staff Aug 15, 2024 | 9:09 AM

Believe It or DON’T

On this day in 1877, Thomas Edison wrote a letter to the president of the Telegraph Company and said that when answering the telephone, “Hello” would be more appropriate than Alexander Graham Bell’s suggestion of “Ahoy”.

Believe It or DON’T

On this day in 1914, after 10 years of constuction the Panama Canal was opened.

Believe It or DON’T

On this day in 1965, The Beatles played to a packed Shea Stadium, which was filled with 56,000 people and was, at that time, the largest single crowd to attend a rock ‘n roll show. The set was just 35 minutes long.