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introduction of outdoor entertainment including bowling primitive amusement rides music and dancing
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development of recording of sound on motion picture films
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first commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts
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the columbia broadcasting system is founded cbs
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the stock market crash leads to the great depression closing nearly three fourths of amusement parks
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first tv sold
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televisions are in over one million homes
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color television is introduced
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disneyland in anaheim california opens costing 17 million to build
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over 100 million tv sets are in homes around the world
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six flags opens in texas
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the magic kingdom in walt disney world in orlando flordia opens costing 375 million to build
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fist all news network laumches
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prince charles and diana spencer are married on tv
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first ibm peronal computers are available for retail sales
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mtv debuts
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– Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells 20 million albums
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First compact disc is released
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Nintendo home entertainment system is introduced
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Time and Warner merge to become Time Warner Inc
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First television program delivered via the Internet (webcast
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Princess Diana is killed in an automobile accident
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rca established the national broadcasting company nbc
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farnsworth transmits first electronic television picture receives patent