2015 Event Nokia announces that it will purchase Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion, creating the second-largest manufacturer of mobile communication products behind Ericsson 1970 Birthday Ulrika Ericsson, born in Gavle, Sweden, playmate, Nov, 1996 1889 Death Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1803 Birthday John Ericsson, U.S., inventor, screw propeller, shipbuilder-USS Monitor
