Only one U.S. president is known to have filed a patent application, which was done on March 10. Who was it? Other notable events on this date in history: 1783 USS Alliance, under Captain Barry, fights and wins the final naval battle of the American Revolutionary War off Cape Canaveral 1831 The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria 1876 First telephone call: Alexander Graham Bell says, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" to his assistant Thomas Watson 1893 New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony; its only graduand Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before 1902 A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera 1945 Deadliest air raid of World War II sets Tokyo on fire after nighttime B-29 bombings; more than 100,000 people die, mostly civilians 1948 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound - Herb H Hoover, Edwards Air Force Base, California 1964 Simon and Garfunkel record the first version of "The Sound of Silence" at Columbia Studios in New York City 1963 MLB infielder Pete Rose debuts with Cincinnati at spring training in Tampa, Florida; hits in his first 2 at bats 1978 "The Incredible Hulk", starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS 1997 "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," created by Joss Whedon and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, premieres on the WB Television Network 2000 NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom ** Edited by HokieMacDaddy at 3/10/2025, 10:24:30 AM