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January 7, 1943

Serbian-American inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla dies.

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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla, 1880. PHOTO: American Radio Relay League/Supplied.

Serbian-American inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla dies.

In 1887, Tesla developed an induction motor that ran on alternating current (AC), a power system format that was rapidly expanding in Europe and the United States because of its advantages in long-distance, high-voltage transmission. 

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