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The first public demonstration of motion pictures
On 25 March 1925, Baird gave the first public demonstration of televised silhouette images in motion, at Selfridge's Department Store in London. -
When the first television was invented
Video as we now know it first took root in the mind of Philo T. Farnsworth when he was fourteen years old, and he was the first to successfully demonstrate the principle, in his lab in San Francisco on September 7, 1927. If you need to fix a date on which television was invented, that's the date. http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-who_invented_what.html -
The first television commercial
Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial. https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/important-dates-in-television-history -
When the television remote was invented
The first remote intended to control a television was developed by Zenith Radio Corporation in 1950. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control -
When the first television was sold
Truly the first post war American television (utilizing a pre-war design), marketed as a 1946 model, but sold in very small quantities starting in August 1945. The selling price was $100, quite an affordable set at the time. http://www.tvhistory.tv/timeline.htm -
When the first colored broadcast occured on television
The first national color broadcast (the 1954 Tournament of Roses Parade) occurred on January 1, 1954. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_television -
When the television became popular in the US
By the late 1990s, 98 percent of U.S. homes had at least one television set, and those sets were on for an average of more than seven hours a day. https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm -
When the first Apple TV was sold
The first Apple TV was sold on September 12, 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV
