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Baseball
Fans paid to attend a baseball game between two teams in the New York City area at Fashion Rack Course in Queens. -
NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was officially formed to govern collegiate athletics. -
Motion Pictures have sound
Development of recording of sound on motion picture film. -
Radio Brodcasts
First commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts. -
RCA Establishes NBC
RCA established the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) -
TV gets patent
Farnsworth transmits first electronic television picture; receives patent. -
CBS is Born
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) is founded. -
Stock Market Crash crashes amusement park industry
The Stock Market Crash leads to the Great Depression closing nearly three-fourths of amusement parks. -
Wheaties
Lou Gehrig appeared on a Wheaties box. -
TV is sold
First Television is sold -
Women in Baseball
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed due to many Major League Baseball players serving in WWII. -
TV's in millions of homes
Televisions are in over one million homes. -
Color TV
Color television is introduced. -
Nike is Born
Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports. In 1972, the name is changed to Nike. -
Olympic Boycott
The US boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow. -
Olympics commercialization
The Olympics becomes commercialized. Peter Ueberoth helps to make the Olympics profitable -
Nintendo sets off video game revolution
Nintendo home entertainment system is introduced -
Olympic Park bombing
Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed.