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Remembering Tesla's Death on January 7, 1943, in Hotel New Yorker, Manhattan, New York
Nikola Tesla died in Hotel New Yorker in Manhattan, on January 7, 1943 at the age of 86, in Suite 3327 on the 33rd Floor. On July 10th 2001, the Tesla memorial plaque was unveiled in his honor on Hotel New Yorker by the Tesla Memorial Society of New York and Hotel New Yorker.
Above: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, the place where Michael Pupin and Nikola Tesla had funeral services.
Above: View of New York City.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's Eulogy to Nikola Tesla on January 10, 1943.
This recording was found in New York City Archive by
Ing. Djuro Grubisic, Dr. Ljubo Vujovic and Prof. Milica Novkovic (members
of the Tesla Memorial Society of New York).
Above: Tesla ashes were placed in a golden sphere, Tesla Museum, Belgrade.
Above: The Nikola Tesla Museum (Website) in Belgrade.
Above: Letter (in Serbian) by Father Irinej Dobrijevic to the Serbian
Orthodox Church to have a commemoration of Nikola Tesla's Death in
Belgrade, Serbia on January 2006. Tesla's died on Orthodox
Christmas, January 7, 1943. According to the Serbian Orthodox
Church, no commemoration of his death can be held on Christmas Day
(January 7th).
Father Irinej explained in the letter that the cremation of Nikola Tesla
was not Tesla's wish but the decision of Tesla's nephew, Sava Kosanovic,
Ambassador of Yugoslavia and son of Tesla's sister, Marica Kosanovic (see
writings from Charlotte Muzar, Secretary of Sava Kosanovic).
According to the Serbian Orthodox Religion, the body should be buried
not cremated. Tesla was Serbian Orthodox, his father was a Serbian
Orthodox Priest. Tesla was born in Lika, Croatia.