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75th Anniversary of Television

Posted by michael on from the gilligan-and-maryann-still-not-rescued dept.

SpiceWare writes "In the summer of '21, Philo T. Farnsworth was struck by an inspiration after plowing a field. He transmitted the first television image six years later on September 7, 1927."

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  1. Philo T. Farnsworth? by VVrath · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    In school we were always taught that John Logie Baird inented the TV.

    Ho hum.