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Jul 16, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press
Europeans took move-able type quite quickly. Sometime between 1440 and 1450. -
Invention of Photography
In 1827, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first photography but it took 8 hours to develop and it was blurry. In 1837, Louis Daguerre created a sharper image. -
Invention of the telegraph
In the 1830s and 1840s Samuel Morse developed the telegraph which revolutionized long-distance communication. -
Invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented a device that could transmit speech electrically. -
Invention of silent films
The first silent movie was The Great Train Robbery that was released in 1891 -
Invention of radio
The first radio signal sent and received was in Italy in 1895 by Guglielmo Marconi. -
Invention of documentary film
Invented in 1922 by Robert Flaherty was a documentary about the harsh life of Eskimos -
Invention of television
John Logie Baird invented television in the 1920s and in 1925 he demonstrated it. -
Invention of television news
Lowell Thomas hosted the first-ever news broadcast on television in 1940 and the first regularly scheduled television-news broadcasts in 1950 -
Invention of social media
The first recognizable social media site, Six Degrees, was created in 1997. It enabled users to upload a profile and make friends with other users.
