Tag: phonograph

This Day, That Year – December 22

Zoya Siddiqui Dec. 22, 2021

Thomas Edison created the first string of Christmas tree lights on this day in 1882. Did you know that: • Thomas Edison’s phonograph was announced by Scientific American on this day in 1877• Grote Reber, inventor of the first parabolic radio telescope, was born on this day in 1911• Meghan Trainor is an American singer-songwriter […]

This Day, That Year – November 29

Zoya Siddiqui Nov. 29, 2021

Chadwick Boseman was an American actor and playwright born on this day in 1976. Did you know that: • Sir James Jay invented invisible ink on this day in 1775• Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time on this day in 1877• The first patent for the invention of the traffic lights […]

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