Thomas Edison By 18dylanwhi Feb 11, 1847 Birth May 8, 1868 vote recorder May 8, 1869 invented several telegraphs May 8, 1871 improvements in the stock ticker May 8, 1874 electric pen May 8, 1875 phonograph May 10, 1879 light bulb May 8, 1886 improved wax recorder May 10, 1886 wife dies May 10, 1887 new laboratory May 10, 1890 Iron ore mine May 8, 1907 made the electric motor May 8, 1910 perfected akline storage battery May 8, 1912 invented kinophone May 10, 1927 Finding Natural Rubber May 10, 1928 The gold medal Oct 18, 1931 Death May 10, 2009 Made historial park of Thomas Edison