Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you.” They were the first words ever conveyed by telephone.

1913

Abolitionist and Underground Railroad “conductor” Harriet Tubman died in Auburn, New York.

1969

James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

1993

Dr. David Gunn was killed outside the Pensacola Women’s Medical Services clinic by anti-abortion activist Michael Griffin.