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A mass of land purchased from France. Currently the land made up of 15 U.S. states.
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Maxwell theorizes the existence of electromagnetic waves
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More on the assasination Beloved president murdered by John WIlkes Booth at a production of "Our American Cousin" at Ford Theater in Washington D.C.
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Many versions of the typerwriter were creaed before a workable model came out. The concept was developed by Gutenberg. However, a Wisconsin printer-politican-publisher, Christopher Latham Sholes, patented the first workable typewriter. In 1874, the Remmington Model 1 became the first commerical typewrite to hit the market.
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Edison invents electric lights
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Bell invents the telephone
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Morse code is sent accross the Atlantic
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Bristich Marconi estabished
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American Marconi estabished
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Fessendens first radio broadcast to Theissen
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Charles "Dc" Herrald broadcast live from Santa Clara, CA
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Requires ocean-going U.S. passenger ships to have wireless connection
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Radio act of 1912, permit U.S. government to licsence all uses of radio and all radio operators, mandates continus monitoring.
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Government nationalizes all radio communication and patents
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Radio Corporation of America estabished, Marconi liquidated under government authority
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AT&T invents radio advertising by leasing time on its New York station WEAF.
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3 million recievers are in homes in U.S.
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Sarnoff establishes NBC
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Zenith Corporation successfully challenges government liscensing of radio.
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First FM radio station established
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Allied forces invade western Europe
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Radio begins to lose popularity to television. ABC, NBC and CBS begin to put popular radio programs on television.
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U.S. involvment in the Vietnam War escalates when troop numbers triple.
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Break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at Watergate Hotel. Washingtn Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein bring light to the scandal.
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Murrow broadcasts Hitler's entrance into Vienna
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