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sep 27, 1927 - Electronic Television

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Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated on Sept. 7, 1927. The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. It was a system that could capture moving images in a form that could be coded onto radio waves and then transformed back into a picture on a screen. This helped people see what was going on in the world, like the news. It also entertains people by watching shows.

https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm

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sep 27, 1927
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~ 98 years ago

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