On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

Here are 50 illuminating facts about the parade ... the floor when the royalty walks. 44. Thomas Edison didn't consider the commercial light bulb to be his greatest invention.

Fronted by a luxurious mustache, this loyal lieutenant to Thomas Edison was the embodiment ... charging crowds to drum up excitement. When Edison patented the light bulb in 1880, its exact value ...

In 1879, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and submitted the patent for the creation. Louisville's Thomas Edison House is celebrating the 140th Anniversary of Edison's 1879 ...

Here are some illuminating facts about the parade, its long history and its namesake, inventor Thomas Edison ... in 1953 to honor Edison's invention of the commercial light bulb.