On Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone.
1923. For those who embraced the new, they were exciting times. The closing months of the previous year had seen the first BBC broadcasts and the publication of TS Eliot’s The Waste Land. Well, here ...
Feb. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931. In 1922, ...