July 11, 1892 in History

Event:

U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp





More Notable Events on July 11:
1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii
1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989
1981 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony
1979 U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal
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