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1440
Primal Event
Johannes Gutenberg devised movable metal type, permitting mass production of printed materials. -
1455
Books
Johannes Gutenberg printed the first of his Bibles using movable type. -
Newspaper
Ben Harris printed Publick Occurrences, the first newspaper in the English colonies. -
Magazines
Andrew Bradford printed American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin printed General Magazine, the first magazine in the English colonies. -
Recording
Thomas Edison introduced the phonograph, which could record and play back sound. -
Movies
William Dickson devised the motion picture camera. -
Radio
Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first message by radio wave. -
Television
Philo Farnsworth invented the tube that picked up moving images for live transmission. -
WEB-INTERNET
The U.S. Defense Department established the computer network that became the Internet.