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41st year  -  N° 75                 Monday, 16 March 2026         Antwerpen		
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Wednesday 22nd of October 1879
147 years, 4 months and 25 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.