This Day, That Year – May 19

Joelle Joanie “JoJo” Siwa is an American dancer, singer, and YouTuber born on this day in 2003.

Did you know that:

• William Francis Channing and Moses G. Farmer patented the electric fire alarm on this day in 1857
• Edward Acheson was granted a patent for an electric furnace used to produce carborundum on this day in 1896
• André René Roussimoff, better known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler born on this day in 1946