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One of the fathers of television, Vladimir Zworykin, despised what it had become, and once said of it, “I would never let my own children watch it.”
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Communication
On 26th March, 1923, The BBC first began their daily weather forecasts on radio... Read more »
On 18th July, 1925, Adolf Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, was first published... Read more »
On 23rd February, 1927, The Radio Act of 1927 was signed in the USA, creating the Federal Radio Commission... Read more »
On 12th March, 1933, U.S. President Roosevelt gave the first of his fireside chats on radio... Read more »
On 2nd April, 1935, Sir Robert Watson-Watt received a patent for RADAR... Read more »
On 30th July, 1935, Penguin Books first began publishing it’s paperbacks... Read more »
On 11th August, 1942, Hedy Kiesler Markey received a patent for a Secret Communications System... Read more »
On 1st June, 1946, Britain introduced the first television licenses to the public... Read more »
On 18th February, 1951, The Netherlands Radio School was established... Read more »
On 16th August, 1954, The Sports Illustrated magazine was first published... Read more »
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