In which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?
A: 1800s
B: 1880s
C: 1890s
D: 1900s
Explanation: In 1904, John Ambrose Fleming invented the first practical electron tube called the 'Fleming Valve', which is a diode rectifier. In 1906, Lee de Forest invented the audion later called the triode, which provided signal amplification.