The History of Television

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
11/15/1906	Audion Vacuum Tube	WebsiteLee de Forest invented the "Audion" vacuum tube with the ablity to amplify signals. No specific date.
11/15/1925	First Moving Silhouette Images	John Baird becomes the first person to transmit moving silhouette images using a mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk. No specific date.
11/15/1929	CBS	CBS was founded by William S. Paley. No specific date
07/28/1930	Large Screen Television	First UK public demonstration of large screen television given by John Logie Baird at the London Coliseum.
11/15/1956	First TV Remote	Robert Adler invents the first practical remote control called the Zenith Space Commander. No specific date.
11/15/1964	Plasma Display	WebsiteThe plasma display screen was invented in 1964 by two University of Illinois professors, Donald Bitzer and Gene Slottow. No specific date.
07/20/1969	TV Transmission to the Moon	First TV transmission from the moon and 600 million people watch.
11/15/1982	Dolby Surround Sound	WebsiteDolby surround sound for home televisionsets is introduced. No specific date.
11/15/1992	Number of Television Sets	There are 900 million television sets in use around the world 201 million television sets are in the United States. No specific date.