What happened December 1878 AD

In December 1878, Tesla left Graz and severed all relations with his family to hide the fact that he dropped out of school. His friends thought that he had drowned in the nearby Mur River. Tesla moved to Maribor, where he worked as a draftsman for 60 florins per month. He spent his spare time playing cards with local men on the streets.

Stalin was born in the Georgian town of Gori on 18 December 1878.

On 18 December 1878, a lamp using a slender carbon rod was shown at a meeting of the Newcastle Chemical Society.

Stalin was baptized on 29 December.