Did you know Thomas Jefferson invented the first workable electric light bulb on this date in 1879?

2015-10-21T22:49:34-04:00

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Oct 21 at 2015 11:03 PM

2015-10-21T23:03:51-04:00

SSgt Alex Robinson, Thomas Jefferson could not have invented the light bulb in 1879, he died on the 4th of July in 1826...
http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/thomas-jefferson-brief-biography

Thomas Jefferson, A Brief Biography | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Oct 21 at 2015 11:05 PM

2015-10-21T23:05:39-04:00

SSgt Alex Robinson, I believe it was Thomas Edison with the first working light bulb...

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/oct-21-1879-thomas-edison-lights-the-lamp/comment-page-1/

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Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 11:33 PM

2015-10-21T23:33:11-04:00

Perhaps if Dr Frankenstein's experiments with reanimating the dead were successful in 1879. The former President and author of the Declaration of Independence had been dead for quite some time.
Thomas Edison, perhaps?
Not to be a doubting Thomas...

Honest mistake, but you got me chuckling this evening.