This Day, That Year – February 19

Thomas Edison received a patent for his gramophone on this day in 1878.

Did you know that:

• Nicolaus Copernicus, the first to formulate a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its centre, was born on this day in 1473
• The tintype camera patented by Hamilton Smith on this day in 1856
• Victoria Justice is an American actress and singer born on this day in 1993