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John Logie Baird was instrumental in the development of the telvision in its infant stages
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The first long distance test takes place between Washington DC and MD (5 miles)
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March 1928 W3XK is created the first television station
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The scanning dicscs televisions are invented by Hollis Baird
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The first television broadcast takes place in London (This was the first one in London not the first in the world)
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Dr. Georges Valensi proposes the "color television"
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On this day the FCC authorized commercial broadcasting
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CBS televised the Pearl Harobor attacks
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The first World Series is televised and it takes place at Yankee Stadium
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"I love Lucy" a hit comedy Starring Lucielle Ball took America by storm in the 1950's
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The Honeymooners another comedy about a man named Ralph and his wife Alice and thier crazy life together
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Leave it Beaver first airs all three of these shows are classic American sit coms.
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The first Preesidental debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was televised. This helped JFK thanks to his young features and nixons old "run down" face
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The Telstar 1 Satelite was launched into space for communications purposes like weather and other news.
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The moon landing was televised on this date which changed American history forever.
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9 memeber sof the Isreali olymnpic team here held hostage for 23 hours and was covered on national news.
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President Nixon went on television and resinged in front of the entire nation. Though he cliamed to not be a "crook."
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The first episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) airs. SNL is sitll a popular late night show today.
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The popular American sit com Cheers aired for the first time on this date.
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The first macintosh commercial aired on this date and revoloutionized comouters forever.
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The first annual MTV Awards aired on this date, MTV took the teen age world by sotrm with thier interesting Music Videos and shows.
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The iconic sit com "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" first aired on this date.
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The OJ Simpson verdict was televised and arose plenty of controversey.
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Family Guy a popular show even today first aired on this date
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The 9/11 attacks were televised and changed Americans mi9nd sets. Then President Georger Bush threw out the first pitch at a Yankee game, a perfect strike from the mound giving Americans hope.
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3D TV's hit the market and change the tv forever. This was only imagined when television was first invented.
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Though this is only one example, portable television services have been offered recently, this tru;ly changes the way we see television now that we do not need a TV set to watch TV anymore.
