Great Moments In American History (25 gifs)

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No6 - Edison the light bulb thief

'Swan, however, felt quite differently, as he watched Edison line his pockets with money made from his invention, and took Edison to Court for patent infringement. The British Courts stood by their patent award for the light bulb to Swan, and Edison lost the suit. The British Courts forced Edison, as part of the settlement, to name Swan a partner in his British electric company. Eventually, Edison managed to acquire all of Swans' interest in the newly renamed Edison and Swan United Electric Company.

Edison fared no better back home in the U.S., where the U.S. Patent Office already ruled, on October 8, 1883, that Edison's patents were invalid, because he based them upon the earlier art of a gentleman named William Sawyer.'

Obama has been a disaster IMO ... I wouldn't call his election a great moment

Santos Dumont invented the first plane to take off by itself and to fly using only its power and devices.

The wright brothers invented a "plane" that had to be projected to the sky to fly, I don't know if this is exactly a plane...

First flight was performed by Santos Dumont.

Everything about Thomas Edison was summed up nicely by TheOatmeal. Go read it!

First black president was John Hanson...

When the falling of the Berlin wall is a great moment in the American history, building the Chinese wall is aswell!

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Is a malcolm x speech a great moment in american history? hmm i think the jury could be out here.

Nice post

vanel911,
for U.S. intelligence services were involved

Could be better.

The choices are pretty random (because what is a truly great moment?) and the events are by far not equally important (independence and aviation vs world cup and iPhone?). Also, some of these do not only belong to American history, but are world history. For example, the Berlin Wall was not in the States and the two World Wars are called like this for a reason.

fuck yeahhh

Nikola Tesla invented the light bulb. Time to start fixing the history books.