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41st year  -  N° 97                 Tuesday, 7 April 2026         Antwerpen		
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Wednesday 22nd of October 1879
147 years, 5 months and 16 days ago




32-year-old inventor Thomas Edison aka The Wizard of Menlo Park tests the first incandescent light bulb in Menlo Park, Raritan Township, New Jersey, United States.

Edison's lamp burned for 13 1/2 hours.