12 August 1877
Invention of Phonograph
Demonstrates 1st machine for recording at his "invention factory" at Menlo Park
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at New Jersey in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Demonstrates 1st machine for recording at his "invention factory" at Menlo Park
Elected Governor of New Jersey
Project Diana receives radar echoes from the Moon.
Visits Woody Guthrie while seeking connection with his folk hero.
Wins his final fight by technical knockout against Chuck Wepner
Becomes Springsteen's saxophonist and one of the defining personalities of the E Street Band.
Becomes the subject of Dylan's protest song Hurricane.
Evicted from his 434-acre (175 hectare) estate in New Jersey
Death of John De Lorean
Provenance
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