On This Day in Telephone History May 16TH 1876 May 16, 2025 by The Telephone Museum On This Day in Telephone History May 16TH 1876 Thomas Edison Files First Patent Application for Acoustic Telegraphy. U.S. Patent 182,996 was granted October 10, 1876. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Smile and the Whole World Smiles with You 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂