Feb. 19 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931 . In 1922, vaudeville star Ed Wynn became the first big name in show business to sign for a regular radio show. In 1942, as a security measure during World War II, the U.S. government began relocating Japanese-Americans living in coastal Pacific areas to internment camps in remote areas of several states.