This Day, That Year – February 11

Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman born on this day in 1847. He is best known for his inventions of electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.

Did you know that:

• Henry Fox Talbot was an English photography pioneer born on this day in 1800
• Robert Fulton patented a steamboat on this day in 1809
• Pluto moved further away from the sun than Neptune, once again becoming the outermost planet of the solar system on this day in 1999