Happy Birthday James Cromwell-72 Nick Mason-67 Mikhail Baryshnikov-64 Mimi Rogers-56 Keith Olbermann-53 Bridget Fonda-48 Alan Cumming-47 ; 1880 Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp (lightbulb)
http://www.google.com/patents/US223898?printsec=description#v=onepage&q&f=false