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News Coverage of Nikola Tesla's 150th Birthday
Stories from around the world by various news agencies,
celebrating one of the most brilliant scientists who ever lived.
Celebrated as the father of the 20th century, with his AC power and radio,
he is also the father of free energy -- a probable foundation of the 21st
century.
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Preface comments by Sterling
D. Allan
On July 10, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia.
Coming to the U.S. as a young adult, he made his mark on the world not
just as the "inventor of the 20th century," bringing AC power
and radio, but is recognized by many as the "father of free
energy". The later is yet to be fully realized in daily
application; but once implemented is likely to carry the 21st century as
fundamentally as AC power and radio carried the 20th.
Tesla was so ahead of his time that his own generation marginalized him,
usually relegating the strange fellow to footnotes rather than headlines
of history texts.
Now, one hundred and fifty years later, his legacy is beginning to emerge
into mainstream awareness and appreciation. The following is a
historic snapshot of various News Agencies' coverage of the 150th
anniversary of his birth.
As of July 12, 2006, at 9:00 am MST, there were 163 stories from around
the world about Nikola Tesla logged by Google
News. A good number of those are due to the new electric car
company by that name in Silicon Valley. (Ref.)
The following stories pertain to the anniversary.
News Coverage
Electrical
pioneer Tesla honoured
Budapest Business
Journal, Hungary -
Jul 12, 2006
... A pioneer in the days when electricity
was changing everyday life, Nikola Tesla patented
more than 700 inventions including wireless communication, remote ...
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Nikolas
Tesla's 'Black Magic' Touring Car
EV World, Nebraska -
Jul 12, 2006
In the summer of 1931, Nikola Tesla
, the inventor of alternating current and some 1200 other US
patents, along with his nephew Peter Savo, installed a box on ...
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Pupovac
holds talks with Kosovo Serbs
KOSOVAREPORT - Jul
12, 2006
... SNV), Milorad Pupovac, on Tuesday held
talks with a delegation of Kosovo Serbs visiting Croatia on the
occasion of the 150th anniversary Nikola Tesla's
birth. ...
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National
bank issues Tesla coins
B92, Serbia and
Montenegro - 7 hours ago
... Coins with Nikola Tesla’s
image worth 20 dinars will be in circulation parallel with the
existing coins depicting the St Sava temple, issued in 2003. ...
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Remembering
'the man who lit the world'
Concord
Monitor, NH - Jul 10, 2006
oday marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola
Tesla, a once-famous man who changed the way humans live
and work. Though ...
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The
Way We Were column
Toronto
Sun, Canada - 13 hours ago
By MIKE FILEY. The Toronto Telegram published on
this day in 1936 contained a fascinating interview with Nikola
Tesla on his 80th birthday. ...
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Tesla
celebrated today
B92, Serbia and
Montenegro - Jul 10, 2006
... Aleksandar Pantelić, from the
Niagara municipality, said that Niagara Falls is the best place
possible to erect a monument for Nikola Tesla. ...
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Honour
for Croatia's forgotten son
Scotsman, United
Kingdom - Jul 7, 2006
AFTER many years of neglecting his legacy, Croatia
is this month fêting the 150th birthday of its "greatest
son", Nikola Tesla - one of the most eminent ...
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Tesla's
theories remain current
Toronto Star,
Canada - Jul 9, 2006
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola
Tesla, who grew famous in the late 1800s for his public
battles with inventor Thomas Edison during the ...
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Fuelling
debate
Toronto Star,
Canada - Jul 9, 2006
... Tesla is named after Nikola
Tesla, the Croatian-born Serb who invented alternating
current and other electricity-related innovations. ...
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Tesla
belongs to all of humankind
B92, Serbia and
Montenegro - Jun 29, 2006
ZAGREB -- Stjepan Mesić said that Nikola
Tesla belongs to everyone and that his origin and
nationality should not be argued over. ...
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Lighting
up the world -- again
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jul 1, 2006
Nikola Tesla harnessed the
alternating current, invented radio technology and patented 700
inventions, including the wireless remote control and spark plugs.
...
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Other Coverage
- Croatia Marks
150th Anniversary of Inventor's Birth - Croatia marked Monday
the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, one of the
pioneers of modern electrical engineering, who won fame in the United
States as one of the world's greatest inventors. (PhysOrg; July
11)
- Tesla
born 150 years ago - 10 July 2006 marks what would be the
150th birthday of the great inventor Nikola Tesla. For those who could
make it, Tesla is immortalized as a statue at Niagara, New York
depicting the master of lighting; a Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade,
Serbia; and he is featured on the Serbian 100 dinar banknote. For
those who cannot reach such exotic locales, later this year a movie by
Christopher Nolan (who really should be working on a follow up to
"Batman Begins") will depict David Bowie as the good Mr
Tesla. Tesla invented radio and alternating current, set the world's
record for man-made lightning and could make the pigeons of Central
Park do his bidding. (BoingBoing.net; July 11)
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