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The first use of ads in newspapers
Newspapers started advertising ads on their pages to promote business. -
Silent movies start coming out
Silver screen movie starts like Mary Pickford and Adele DeGarde made movies that entertained many people across the US -
Yellow journalism begins
Newspapers and writers start to exentuate situations and over exaggerating stories so people read it. -
Muckrackers start to dig up the truth
Muckrackers such as Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair reveal the true and controversial situations behind big business -
Marconi makes the first transatlantic radio communication service
Guglielmo Marconi, innovator of long range radio communication, sets up a station that can allow radios to send all the way over to Europe. -
The first Indy 500 is televised
With the development of tv growing, sports events like racing were able to telvise the first Indy 500 -
The Titanic sinks
The mass media flock to cover the story of the Titanic which was said to be one of the most read events in American history -
The 1912 Olympics in Stockholm Sweden
The 1912 Olympics would be photographed and videod and was also using new technology -
World War 1 starts
World War 1 starts and mass media advetises the use of war bonds -
The Luisitania is sunk
The Luisitania is sunk by a German U-boat in non battle seas. Mass media then made this event very popular, making people demand war -
The 19th amendment is passed
The 19th amendment is ratified giving women the right to vote changing America forever, making this one of the biggest headlines in US newspaper history -
Radios start advertising
Big companies start using radios to advertise their products to the public -
Time Magazine makes its debut
On March 3 1923, Time Magazine made its debut with a big bang. -
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is held in New York City making a new tradition in American lives and media -
Billboard Magazine debuts
Billbaord Magazine debuts for the first time and posts its first list of top singers -
Esquire Magazine makes debut
Esquire Magazine makes debut saying the magazine is for men, making it very popular among men -
Prohibition ends
On December 5, 1933 Congress passes an amendement to officially end the prohibition on alcohol -
The Hindenburg accident
The zepplin, the Hindenburg, crashed and exploded in Lakehurst New Jersey -
The Wizard of Oz is released
The most acclaimed movie, The Wizard of Oz, was one of the very few movies who used color in the production -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
Nazi Germany enters Poland kicking off the start of Wolrd War 2 -
The Murrow Boys
Edward Murrow's juornalist group joins together at CBS to report news for many years -
Pearl Harbor is attacked
Japan surprise attacks the US base of Pearl Harbor, the very next day millions of Americans listen FDR declare war on Japan -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies
The President of the United States during World War 2 dies of natural causes making a scramble for the next person to become president -
World War 2 ends
Japan surrenders ending World War 2, finally bringing peace to the world -
Dewey defeats Truman
The Chicago Tribune accidentally releases a front cover statement saying "Dewey defeats Truman" -
Korean War starts
Korea invades the United States ally South Korea, in which the United States declares war on North Korea -
Elvis fame rises
Around 1956 Elvis Presely becomes a well known, an attribute from mass media from talking about him so much. A sensation around America giving the new age of "rock n roll" -
Forced school integration
President Eisenhower sends National Guard soldiers too escort 9 black students to Little Rock Central High School to put forward integragtion of black and white schools -
The space race begins
The space race between the Soviet Union and the United States begins to see who can get a man in space first starting a political and media clash -
The day music died
Famous rock artists Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" die in a plane crash -
The first televised presidential debate
The president debate is televised to the United States for the first time, the candidates at the time were Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy -
Cuban missile crisis
With the help of the Soviets, Cuba aims nuclear missiles at the United States, causing a political standoff and a possible nuclear war -
JFK is assassinated
In his motorcade President Kennedy is shot from by 2 snipers and assassinated which was caught on live tv -
The first Super Bowl
The first Super Bowl in football history is played by the Green Bay Packers and the Kansis City Chiefs in which the Packers win, big television event that was watched by over 40 million people -
First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to ever walk on the moon, defeating the Soviets to putting a man on the moon. Over half a billion people watched the event -
Kent State massacre
4 students at Kent State University are shot dead and many more injured causeing political backlash -
Olympic Games massacre
Arab extremists break into Olympic Village and take 11 Israeli athelets hostage, killing them all in the end, making media back splash -
President Nixon resigns
After the watergate scandal, Richard Nixon was about to be impeached, but resigned instead making this the 2nd time a president resigned -
The Apple-1
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs create the Apple 1 computer, making it the first of its kind. This will contribute to mass media greatly in the future -
Mars rover landing
The Viking 1 lands on Mars for the first time signifing an advance in space travel to NASA -
John Lennon is shot
John Lennon is shot dead in New York City by Mark Chapman, millions of people mourn his death -
Attempted shooting of Reagan
John Hinckley Jr attempts to assassinate President Reagan, event was caught on live television in America -
MTV finally starts
MTV opens up its channel changing music to the public forever -
The Challenger explosion
The space shuttle Challenger explodes a few seconds after take off, this was televised on live tv in America which was watched by millions of people -
The Berlin Wall is torn down
East Germany finally opens its border to East Germany in which millions of people migrate from East to West Germany -
Isabella Stewart Gardner museum robbed
Robbers dressed as cops trick the guards at a museum to steal 12 expensive art works worth over $500 million -
Iraq invades Kuwait
Saddam Hussein orders the invasion of Kuwait for oil. The United States begins operation Desert Shield to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi forces -
Nokia sends first text message
Nokia sends very first text message to another mobile cell phone revolutionizing communication forever -
Bill Clinton is elected president
Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president of the United States -
Columbine shooting
2 teenage students shoot and kill 15 students before killing themselves causing social unrest in America -
Y2K
Panic all over the word as the new year comes, fear that computers wont work, the stock market will crash, mass media in a state of panic
