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Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Austrian Empire
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Tesla's brother, Dane, was killed in a horse-back riding accident
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Went to school from 1870 to 1873
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went to school there from 1875 to 1878
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ended education to pursue better things
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The War of Currents starts in the 1880's
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Tesla moved to Paris, France
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Tesla Emigrated to the US to work for Edison
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Tesla demonstrated wireless energy transmission
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The Tesla Coil is invented
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Tesla designed the first hydroelectric power plant at Niagra Falls
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Patented the basis system of radio
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Tesla created a hydroelectric power plant which powered homes around buffalo on November 16, 1896
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Tesla moved to Colorado Springs, California where he did high frequency experiments
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Tesla received backing from J.P. Morgan to build his labratory in Shoreham ("Tesla Tower")
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Tesla demonstrated bladeless turbine
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Tesla was awarded the Edison Medal
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The Government demolished Tesla's tower because it worried them that German Spies would use it to intercept communications during World War I.
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Tesla becomes Bankrupt
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Died on January 7, 1943 in the Hotel New Yorker at age 86
