Nikola Tesla was the child of two Serbians, born on July 10th, 1856 in what is Croatia today. Tesla grew up into an inquisitive child who developed an eccentric personality, and was completely fascinated by the physical world around him. During his childhood Tesla attempted to fly by jumping off the roof of a barn, tried to generate static electricity by rubbing two cats together, and thought up a bug powered motor using Junebugs. He never got to build it, however, because a friend decided to eat some of the Junebugs. On June 6th, 1884 Tesla arrived in the United States and was hired by Thomas Edison to do basic engineering for his company.
