Last year, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) attempted to bring Black Friday, or at least a day when people get equally excited about shopping, to July. Called Prime Day, the inaugural summer sale exclusively for Prime members was a mixed success for shoppers, but a financial home run for the company.
Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed âAlâ at an early age. At age 11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edison struggled in school but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a âtramp telegrapher,â sending and receiving messages via Morse code, an electronically conveyed alphabet using different clicks for each letter.
Thomas Alva Edison Was Born in 1847 Early Years Year Invention Description 1863 Automatic Telegraph Repeater Edison's first invention at 16. It sent telegraph signals between unmanned stations, allowing almost anyone to easily and precisely translate code at his own speed and convenience. Edison never patented this invention. 1869 Electric Vote Recorder Edison's first patent. Permitted a yes or no vote via one of two switches. Washington congressmen were not interested in the device and the invention was a failure (U.