Born on this day in 1856, Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.
Did you know that:
• Carl Friedrich Gauss discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers on this day in 1796
• The rotary printing press was patented by Richard Hoe on this day in 1847
• The first concrete-paved street was built on this day in 1892
• Walt Disney’s “Fox & The Hound” was released on this day in 1981
// Compiled by Zoya Siddiqui
