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2400 BCE
post office
The post office it is a means of communication that began - even in ancient Egypt - by allowing the Pharaohs to send letters or documents throughout their Empire. These letters were issued by their messengers who traveled dozens of kilometers daily to allow them to be delivered to the recipient without much delay. -
59 BCE
newspaper
The first known newspaper appeared in Rome in 59 BC and was called Acta Diurna. He was born of Julius Caesar's desire to inform the public about social and political events and to disseminate scheduled events to nearby cities. The newspaper was written on large white boards and displayed in public places where many people were traveling. The Minutes informed citizens of government scandals, military campaigns, trials and executions. -
electric telegraph
The telegraph is an instrument designed to transmit messages over long distances. This was a form used to transmit to other villages, lands or provinces the victory in a battle or the declaration of war to one of them, for example. -
Radio
The invention of the radio is attributed to the Italian Guglielmo Marconi, but the instrument brings together a number of previous discoveries.
In Brazil, the first transmission occurs in 1923, by Edgard Roquete Pinto and Henry Morize. -
telephone
According to the United States Congress, the real inventor of the telephone is Antonio Meucci, although he sold his patent to Alexander Grahambell in 1870.
Widespread during the twentieth century, the “talking telegraph,” as its inventor called it, allowed voice messages to be transmitted for the first time. -
Heitor villa lobos
He was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist, and guitarist, described as "the most significant creative figure of the twentieth century in Brazilian classical music," and becoming the best known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he has written numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling more than 2000 works until his death. -
TV
The creation of television was extremely slow. In the past, transmitting an image was a huge sacrifice, so imagine transmitting a video was almost impossible.
Only around 1923 did Vladimir Zworykin, a Russian living in the U.S., create the iconoscopic tube, which is the basis of television. But only in 1928 was the first TV broadcast made by Ernst F. W. Alexanderson, who worked for GE. This television was still very rudimentary, more like a radio that showed blurry images. -
Tom Jobim
Tom Jobim started playing at night clubs in Copacabana. In 1952, he was hired by the Continental label as the role of handing over the songs of the composers. In 1954, aided by maestro Radamés Gnatalli, he began making the first arrangements.
His job at the Continental label assured him that his songs were recorded. The first was “Makes A Seresta” (1954), in partnership with Juca Stocklei. -
Caetano Veloso
In 1960, the family returned to Bahia to live in Salvador. At that time, Caetano Veloso got a guitar and started singing with his sister Maria Bethânia, in bars in Salvador. He entered the Faculty of Philosophy at the Federal University of Bahia. In 1964 he participated in the show “We, for example”, alongside Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Bethânia and Tom Zé, at the inauguration of the Vila Velha Theater. -
Nara Leão
Began his professional career in 1963, integrating the cast of the musical "Poor girl rich", by Vinicius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra, performed at Boate Au Bon Gourmet (RJ). In 1964, he released his first LP, "Nara", recording works by bossa nova composers and representatives of the so-called "samba de morro". -
Mlton Nascimento
At 15, Milton created with Wagner Tiso, the vocal group Som Imaginário. Soon after they created the W’s Boys, with Milton, Wagner, and their brothers Wesley and Wanderley. The group performed at dances in the region.
In 1963, Milton moved to Belo Horizonte. At the time, he formed with Lô Borges, Beto Guedes, Márcio Borges and Fernando Brant, Clube da Esquina. In 1966 he went to São Paulo and that same year, he met Elis Regina, and recorded “Canção do Sal”, his first song. -
Gilberto Gil
In 1963, he made his first song “Felicidade comes later”, a bossa nova samba inspired by João Gilberto style, which was never recorded. In late 1963, Gilberto Gil met Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa and Tom Zé. At that time, the Vila Velha Theater was about to be inaugurated and the group was invited to the event by director João Augusto. The show "We, for Example" was assembled and performed in June 1964. -
Jorge Ben Jor
Jorge began his artistic career in 1961, playing tambourine with the Copa Trio, led by organist Zé Maria. He performed his first songs at Little Club, in Beco das Garrafas, at the time, one of the only places in Rio that played Brazilian jazz and bossa nova. At the same time, he was a rock singer at the Plaza night club, where Johnny Alf introduced the jazz harmonies that revolutionized Brazilian popular music. -
Chico Buarque
wrote his first short story at age 18, gaining prominence as a singer from 1966, when he released his first album, and won the Brazilian Popular Music Festival with the song "A Banda". He self-exiled himself in Italy in 1969 due to the growing repression of Brazil's military regime in the so-called "lead years", becoming, in 1970, one of the most active artists in political criticism and the struggle for democratization in Italy. . -
Elis Regina
For her versatile performance, she was considered the greatest singer in Brazil. It is also recognized for its highly emotive form of expression, both in musical interpretation and in its gestures.
He began singing at the age of eleven on the show "No Clube do Guri" on Radio Farroupilha, hosted by Ari Rego. In 1960 she was hired by Rádio Gaúcha and in 1961, at the age of 16, she released her first album. -
computer
As we know, the computer is a machine capable of various types of automatic information processing or data processing. A computer can have numerous attributes, including data storage, education, music, videos, data processing, large-scale calculations, games, industrial design, graphics processing, virtual reality, entertainment and culture, among others. -
Maria Bethania
Began to attend the artistic environment with his brother Caetano Veloso.In 1963 debuted as a singer in the play Boca de Ouro by Nelson Rodrigues. In 1964 participates in the show "We, For Example", along with Caetano, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé, the inauguration of the Vila Velha Theater. In 1965 she began her career by performing at the show “Opinion” in Rio de Janeiro at the invitation of singer Nara Leão. That same year she was hired by RCA and recorded her first album. -
Zé Ramalho
His artistic life began as Zé Ramalho da Paraíba, singing in ball sets inspired by the young guard and English rock. Interest in violairos and string literature would only emerge later, when participating in the soundtrack of the film Northeast: Cordel, Suddenly and Song, by Tânia Quaresma, in 1974. Because of this work, Zé moved to Rio de Janeiro (RJ ), accompanied by other northeastern singers. That same year, he released his first album, a partnership with Lula Côrtes. -
cell phone
The mobile communication device was patented in 1940, and its motility was designed to avoid interception of call frequencies.
In 1956, Ericsson developed the first mobile phone, which weighed no less than 40kg and was designed to be installed in car trunk. -
internet
The Internet is defined as a network that brings together all devices connected to it. This mechanism allows these devices to communicate and share information between them.
The Internet is the most widely used and best known means of communication today. This is because through any computer or mobile device you can access "all over the world". -
Sandy & juniot
Influenced by musicians in the family, the brothers saw their professional career in music materialize after an appearance on the Som Brasil program in 1989.
The following year, they started recording their first album, which was certified with a gold record. From the third album the duo began to influence other styles in their music, especially pop. After achieving fame and success as child singers, they also established themselves as teenage POP stars. -
MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil was a Brazilian television network, belonging to the Abril Group and dedicated to the young audience. It was born on October 20, 1990 as the first segmented television network to be broadcast on open signal, being the national version of MTV.] It was the third version of MTV to be released worldwide and the first to be released on open TV.