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John Logie Baird gave the world's first public demonstration of a mechanical television to 40 members of the Royal Institution
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Bell Telephone and the U.S. Department of Commerce conducted the first long distance use of television, which took place between Washington D.C. and New York City
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The Federal Radio Commission issues the first television station license (W3XK) to Charles Jenkins.
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Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first ever TV commercial
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The first experimental coaxial cable lines were laid by AT&T between New York and Philadelphia in 1936
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BBC starts High Definition broadcasts in London
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The production of TVs were banned when WWII started, and until it ended
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The first televised heavyweight fight (Joe Louis vs Billy Conn), viewed by a record 140,000 people.
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The first ever telecast of a World Series game between the NY Yankees ad the Brooklyn Dodgers
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President Trumans speech was broadcasted across the entire country
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The first national coast-to-coast colorcast takes place, with the broadcast of the "Tournament of Roses Parade" from Pasadena, California to 21 network stations.
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The first broadcast of the Twilight Zone
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The broadcast was from the Kennedy-Nixon debates
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Satellite carries broadcasts and they are internationally relayed
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600 mMillion people watched the first ever transmission from the moon
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Giant projection screen TV's are first marketed
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First home video cassette recorder made by Sony
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PBS become the first station to switch to all satellite delivery
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The premiere of the the show "The A-Team"
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The hit TV Series 21 Jump Street premiered
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The Simpsons first aired on TV
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Notre Dame becomes first team to sell their game to a mahjor TV network
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The popular TV show Friends is introduced and premieres
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A total of 1 billion TV sets had been sold
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The popular singing show American Idol first premieres
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TV show Lost premiers
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The show The Office premieres
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The popular show Sherlock premieres
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The Walking Dead premieres
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Game of Thrones premieres on TV
