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Jan 13, 1000
cave drawings
cave drawings have been around scince 37986 B.C.. Cave drawings are paintings or drawings of animals and other objects drawn by cavemen. Cave drawings were commonly created with sand or crushed plants. -
Jan 13, 1000
Egyptians hieroglyphics
3300BC egyptians make perfect hieroglyphics -
Jan 13, 1000
Semite's alphabet
1500BC Semites devise the alphabet -
Jan 13, 1000
Papyrus
1000BC Egyptians develope papyrus paper -
Jan 13, 1000
Acta Diurna
60BC Acta Diurna - Early newspaper -
Jan 14, 1000
library
540 B.C. – Public library in Athens -
Jan 16, 1041
Printing
1041 AD Printing by means of separate, movable characters in China -
Jan 16, 1446
printing press
Gutenberg develops the printing press -
Jan 16, 1468
printed add
first printed ad in book -
Jan 16, 1500
print book
more common to find printed books -
Jan 21, 1517
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Martin Luther nails “Ninety Five Theses” to church door in Wittenberg, Germany -
Jan 22, 1534
press
1534
The first press in america, created in spanish america -
news paper
First printed newspaper in europe -
cambridge press
Puritans develope cambridge press -
us press
1638
First press in the united states of america. -
gazette
1665
Oxford Gazette - first newspaper in england -
magazine
1741
first american magazine -
bill of rights
Bill of Rights was created including First Amendment -
Start of the Industrial Revolution
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Telegraph Era
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin becomes the first blockbuster inU.S. book publishing
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin becomes the first blockbuster in
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First transatlantic cable
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Abraham Lincoln’s assassination is reported by telegraph and print
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
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Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio
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End of Telegraph Era
The end of the Telegraph Era. The Telegraph Era provided new ways of conversation and news. -
Golden Ages of Radio, TV, and Movies
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Industrial Revolution Era
The end of the Industrial Revolution. This amplified the economy and power of the US. -
Robert S. Abbott founds Chicago Defender, African-American newspaper
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Joseph Maxwell introduces electrical microphones
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First radio network linkup carries the World Series
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Walt Disney produces first full-color movie [Flowers and Trees]
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Pearl Harbor attack is reported by radio
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Olympic Games are the first televised
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Color TV system is approved by the FCC
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Elvis Presley receives his first Gold Record (over 1 million sold)
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Ray Charles pioneers soul-jazz that crosses over to pop recordings
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Black-and-white television becomes part of the average American home
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Cold War Decade
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John Kennedy’s assassination is reported by television
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Audiocassettes are introduced
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The Beatles perform in the U.S. and take rock music global
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Rise of talk radio
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Rise of independent film
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Age of Media Convergence
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Rise of cell phone use and cellular technology
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iPod and MP3 format compressed digital files debut
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9/11 Attacks are reported immediately through multimedia
Terrorists attack the Twin Towers, pentagon and some other national monuments. Many lives lost. Influenced modern american security. -
Satellite radio is launched
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TV standard changes to digital
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iTunes online music store
Invented by apple, Itunes is a popular way to listen any artist and store it digitaly. -
24-hour coverage of the Olympic Games from Athens
the first 24 hour coverage of the olympics games. the olympics originaly arived from athens and is a group of wide observed sporting events. -
U2,
U2 is a great rock band that had the best selling concert in the world. They are and irish band and are known as global rockstars. -
Google Library Book Project, digitization of books
the Google Library is soon to be a online library with real books, possibly for a price. -
Google Video Pilot Project, digitization of National Archives films
Google Video Pilot Project, digitization of National Archives films is a plan provided by google. The goal of it is to make the national archives online for free. -
Presidential debates on YouTube
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Morse v. Frederick, U. S. Supreme Court decision