History of Television By addymiller Mar 1, 1800 Sending images through wires with a rotating disk "Electric Telescope" Oct 2, 1907 Cathode ray is used and sparks mechanical and electrical television. Oct 7, 1926 Transmitting moving pictures through the mechanical disk system. Oct 7, 1927 Invention of the electronic model television. Oct 2, 1931 Used Metal disk idea and mad ethe model 100 and sold as amechanical television. Oct 8, 1948 Cable was released Oct 7, 1961 JFK holds first live televised presidential news conference Oct 7, 1967 Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs in the fisrt Super Bowl game Oct 7, 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon- 720 million watchers Oct 7, 1970 ABC gets rights from NFL to show games on Monday Night Football. Oct 8, 1970 The flat screen was invented Oct 7, 1978 98% of U.S. households own at least one TV Oct 8, 1986 VHS was introduced Oct 8, 1999 Netflix started up Jun 8, 2006 Blu-Ray first came out Oct 8, 2007 Keeping Up With the Kardashians was released Oct 2, 2014 Sources http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/exhibits/mason_&_associates/documents/timeline.pdf http://www.thehistoryoftelevision.com http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/08-television-invention-timeline.htm http://www.softschools.com/timelines/television_timeline/31/
