1924 Event Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years 1886 Event 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA 1856 Birthday Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavia, physicist, developed alternating current 1846 Birthday George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in U.S.