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Nikola Tesla's Birthday

Physicist Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia in 1856 and emigrated to the U.S. His inventions include fluorescent lighting, the Tesla induction motor, the Tesla coil, and the AC generator.

Nikola Tesla June 28

Nikola Tesla's Birthday
Jun 28 2008 - 12:00am
US/Eastern

Nikola Tesla in a Coil

Nikola Tesla, the AC current champion, was born on a day raging with an electrical storm.  Some people called him stark raving mad, an obsessive compulsive who was the ultimate stereotype for the term “mad-scientist.”  Whoever he was and whatever he became, just remember that Nikola Tesla is one mad scientist you’d better be grateful to.

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