Aug 3,1876 Brantford Ontario - Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922 holds the World's first definitive telephone tests, and makes the first intelligible telephone call from building to building, at Mount Pleasant, near Brantford; in a one-way transmission, he hears his uncle David Bell recite Hamlet's 'to be or not to be...' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aug 3,1751 Halifax Nova Scotia - Bartholemew Green 1699-1751 founds first printing press in Canada; to print the Halifax Gazette ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 3,1777 Fort Stanwix New York - Barry St. Leger beseiges Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River, held by Col. Peter Gansevoort and 750 Americans. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 3,1757 Fort William Henry New York - Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm 1712-1759 beseiges Fort William Henry on Lake George with 6,200 troops and 1,800 Indians; defended by 2,500 British under George Munro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------