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Gutenburg completes his wooden printing press.
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Connected by telegraph
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone in Boston
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Visionary PeriodGeorge Carey lays out plans for his selenium camera, which he claimed would let us see electricity.
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Book on Standard OilA muckracker is a journalist who is for reform. Muckrackers usually wrote for popular magazines, the companies used their controversial articles to boost readership.
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Ida's complete essayTarbell's article in McClure's magazine showed Americans what was happening within Standard Oil
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First GameThe Dodgers split with the Reds in their double-header
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The first of four debates garnered the largest television audience yet recorded.
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Walter Cronkite debuts as anchorman on CBS's Evening News.
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Ed Sullivan has the Beatles as his musical guest.
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"Our World" is broadcast via satellite to 400 million people worldwide.
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This case made it possible for the New York Times and Washington Post to publish the Pentagon Papers without fear of censorship or punishment. This landmark desicion made it possible for the free press to exercise more freedom. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1970/1970_1873
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Napalm girlWARNING! THE VIDEO IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC! The war with Vietnam was considered an unwinable war by many; including Walter Cronkite, who was considered the most trusted man in America.
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Born
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Bluetooth provides hands-free cellular calling
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In this document, that President Bush signed into law, it says that America will shut off analog TV and switching to a digital signal, which has HD capability.
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Twitter is released upon the public
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Policy archiveThe switch from analog television to digital is complete in the United States.