Archive for April 24th, 2011

Apr

GREAT SONG FROM 1956!

posted by Bob Karm in DEBUT,MUSIC and have Comments (2)

Apr

ELECTRIC COMPANY INCORPORATED ON THIS DATE IN 1889

Edison General Electric Company was incorporated in New York April 24, 1889,
in a merger of Edison’s three electric light manufacturing companies which were
Edison Lamp Company, Edison machine works and Bergmann & Company, with
the patent-holding company, Edison Electric Light Company. As the result of
another merger on April 15, 1892, the General Electric Company was formed.

John Pierpont Morgan (above) arranged the 1892 merger of the electric companies.

Thomas Edison with his light bulb

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Apr

H O L I D A Y

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Apr

TOP TUNE ON THIS DATE IN 1965

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Apr

BARBRA IS 69 TODAY

Singer Barbra Streisand is one of the most commercially and critically
successful entertainers in modern entertainment history. She is one of
the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony
Award.