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John Baird create and televised an image of a human face in 1924. This 30 line image was created by reflected light instead of back-lit silhouetting.
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Philo Farnsworth was the first person to televise an image made of 60 horizontal lines. The image he showed was of a dollar sign. He also created the dissector tube which is used in modern televisions today.
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Mickey Mouse was born in 1928 and wildly symbolized the Walt Disney Company. Shows were created after him and helped sparked children cartoons.
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Because of the Great Depression, many citizens were not able to own TV's. Instead, people who were able to keep their homes through the downfall tuned into stations on radios.
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By 1933, 2/3 of American households held at least one radio or TV and at least two telephones.
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Orson Welles broadcasted "War of the Worlds" on October 31, 1938. In result of this broadcast, some people felt real terror and clogged highways to get away from Martians. This event created major competition with newspapers.
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The first episode of Tom and Jerry ever shown occured in 1940. It was originally broadcasted on CBS and each episode lasted about seven minutes. The show ran until September 27, 2005.
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On February 25, 1940, the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens faced off in the first ever NHL TV broadcast.
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People gathered around resturants an taverns to see America's pastime on TV. The quality was poor and shadows and sunlight interfered with with the broadcast.
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A commercial was aired on June 25, 1951 in color. Nearly no one watched it or knew it was colored because everyone ha a black and white television.
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I Love Lucy was first aired on Ocober 15, 1951. It became an immediate hit with its humor and nonsense. The series ended in 1957 but can still be found on air today.
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Looney Toons was first aired as an adult cartoon in 1955. It was censored from TV and later brought back as a kids show.
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JFK's assassination was broadcasted through a transformative, live broadcast. It changed the way media was looked at and how news was recieved.
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Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The day of his funeral, there was a live broadcasting of it.
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Sesame Street was first founded in 1969 by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The show is still aired today and new episodes are still in the making
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The Muppets Show was aired and last 120 episodes until March 15, 1981.
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Charlie's Angels was aired in 1976. The show was one of the first shows that roled women as roles reserved for men.
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Nickelodeon was founded in 1977. Cartoons were broadcasted Satuday mornings because of all the kids being up early. Nickelodeon still exists today and is widly successful.
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Interactive TV was introduced in Columbus, Ohio. People who viewed were basically allowed to cast "votes" based on issues that the broadcast was addressing.
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MTV released the first music video ever made on August 1, 1981. The video was the first of many to come after and viewed as a bit weird.
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21 Jump Street was a show released on April 12, 1987. It ran a total of 103 episodes and played on Fox Network.
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On July 1, 2000, high-definition TV technology was used to get images for Earth Observers and Earth Science Application.
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On September 11, 2001, channels everywhere broadcasted the twin tower terrorist attacks live. This shook the nation and millions of people at home watched.
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News channels around the United States broadcasted the damages that hurricane Katrina left behind in 2005. Commercials and organizations were created to get help for victims.
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AMC's hit TV show, The Walking Dead, was released on Halloween of 2010. The show was very different and has millions of viewers tuned in on Sundays.
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In 2010, companies such as Samsung began to push and advertise new 3D TVs. As of now, the industry of 3D TVs have been looked at as a failure.
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The night that Osama Bin Laden was killed by American forces, Fox made a big mistake by putting "Obama Bin Laden Dead" instead of Osama.
