Fritz Pfleumer,

The German-Austrian engineer is the inventor of the 

magnetic tape used for recording sound. Pfleumer decided 

to grant the right of use to the AEG, a German 

manufacturer of electrical equipment. The event took place 

on December 1, 1932. Based on Pfleumer's magnetic tape, 

the German firm created the world's first practical tape 

recorder dubbed Magnetophon K1.

Born: March 20, 1881, Salzburg, Austria Died: August 29, 1945, Radebeul, Germany