360What happened in 1877?
3 moments from 1877 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 9 July 1877
The first Wimbledon tennis championship begins
On 9 July 1877, the first lawn tennis championship began at the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, with 22 men taking part. Spencer Gore won the final. Wimbledon is now the oldest and one of the most famous tennis tournaments in the world.
- On this day · 6 December 1877
Edison records his voice on the phonograph
In early December 1877, Thomas Edison tested his new phonograph by reciting 'Mary had a little lamb' into it and hearing his own voice played back. Many accounts date this to 6 December. It was the first machine that could both record and reproduce sound.
- 1877 · from The 1870s: the telephone, the phonograph and the light bulb
Edison's phonograph