October 21

Happy Birthday RIP John "Dizzy" Gillespie(1917–1993) ; Joyce Randolph(Sirola)–92 Manfred Mann(Lubowitz)–76 Judith "Judy" Sheindlin(Blum)–74 Carrie Fisher–60 Kensaku Watanabe–57 Jade Jagger–45 Sasha Roiz–43 Jeremy Miller–40 William Estes Nipper–38 Aaron Tveit–33 Matthew Dallas–34 ; 1879 – Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. which was tested the next day and lasted 13.5 hours. This would be the start of the invention of the first commercially practical incandescent light. Popular belief is that he invented the light bulb, which he did not. He invented the first that for which use was practical.