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 (February 11, 1847 â October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.ore significant than the number of Edison's patents was the widespread impact of his inventions: electric light and power utilities, sound recording, and motion pictures all established major new industries world-wide.