De Forest threw the switch that brought his contraption to life and filled the sky with music.

De Forest did not stand as a candidate at the 1918 elections.

Growing up, De Forest had several friends among the black children of the town.

De Forest had, in fact, stumbled onto this invention via tinkering and did not completely understand how it worked.

De Forest tried again to start another business venture.

De Forest died relatively poor, with just $1,250 in his bank account.

De Forest is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon.

De Forest was again elected mayor in 1889 and 1890.

This was a dozen years before De Forest invented the form of radio tube now in general use.

De Forest was famous for saying that he "didn't know why it worked, it just did".