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Invention of Transmission tube and Reciever tube
Vladimir Zworykin patents the iconoscope the television transmission tube and a year later patents the kinescope, the receiver tube. -
First Moving Picture
John Logie Baird demonstrates the first motion picture in television. -
First Demonstration of T.V.
The first demonstration of television is arranged by Bell Labs and AT&T, when Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in Washington DC spoke to the president of AT&T in New York. The New York Times reports a clear reception. -
First Commercial
Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first television commercial. -
First Television Broadcast
Iowa State University makes the first television broadcast from an educational institution. -
T.V. Becomes popular in London
The coronation of King George VI and the Wimbledon tennis tournament are televised in England. Nine thousand sets are sold in London. -
First Color Television
Dr. Peter Goldmark develops and demonstrates electronic color television. -
Regularly Programmed Shcedules are beginning
CBS and NBC have regularly scheduled programming of approximately 15 hours per week -
Live broadcast of pearl Harbor Attack
CBS broadcasts televised news of the attack on Pearl Habor. -
Televison becomes popular in the United States
6,132,000 television sets are sold, making a total of 9,735,000, in 9% of U.S. households. -
First T.V. Show
The First T.V. show, "I Love Lucy" was broadcasted. -
Debut of Mickey Mouse on T.V.
The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on T.V. for the first time. -
The First presidential televised Event
John F. Kennedy holds the first live televised presidential news conference. -
The murder of John Kennedy
The Muder of John F. Kennedy was broadcated on live T.V.. -
The first superbowl game
The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, in the first Super Bowl game. -
Cbs is authorized to show monday night football games
ABC gets the rights from the National Football League to show their games on Monday Night Football, making
Howard "The Mouth" Cosell's career -
Color television becomes popular
Half the televisions in homes are color sets. -
HBO beind broadcast
HBO begins program broadcast by satellite. -
Debut of MTV
The MTV network premieres. -
David Letterman
David Letterman begins decades of late-night talk show success with Late Night with David Letterman. -
Sorround Sound becomes popular
Stereo sound in television broadcasting is available in all major U.S. population centers.