Re: 60th Anniversary of Nikola Tesla's death

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>

>Only in our society

         Many societies comemmorate deaths.

>would we celebrate the anniversary of someone's death.
>Seems a bit morbid.

         At the time of one's death, ones achievements are known
         or, at least, better known than at one's birth.


>I'd rather celebrate his birthday instead ! ! ! !
         Spring, sometime, IIR.

         Nope.
         http://www.tfcbooks-dot-com/mall/more/351ntl.htm
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR:
Nikola Tesla was born of Serbian parents at Smiljan, in the 
Austro-Hungarian border province of Lika, now part of Croatia, at midnight 
July 9-10, 1856. His father, Milutin, was a Serbian Orthodox priest, and 
his mother, nee Djouka Mandic, was of a family line whose sons were of the 
clergy and whose daughters were wives of the clergy. The Serbian Orthodox 
church then used the Julian calendar, and it continues to use this calendar 
today for days of observance. The American colonies had converted to the 
Gregorian calendar 132 years before Tesla arrived at New York in 1884. When 
Tesla crossed this "date line," 11 days dropped from his personal calendar. 
Most institutions observe Tesla's birth date as July 10, which date Tesla 
held for himself, but if the tolling church bells in Lika could have been 
heard in America when Tesla was born, the calendar date would have been 
July 21, 1856.
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Seems to me the only thing to do is celebrate all THREE TIMES.

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