This Day, That Year – December 22

Thomas Edison created the first string of Christmas tree lights on this day in 1882.

Did you know that:

• Thomas Edison’s phonograph was announced by Scientific American on this day in 1877
• Grote Reber, inventor of the first parabolic radio telescope, was born on this day in 1911
• Meghan Trainor is an American singer-songwriter and television personality born on this day in 1993