January 19th, 1883
The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey. event on January 19, 1883. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around January 19, 1883
| January 21st, 1883 | Birth | Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (died in 1929) |
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