Entertainment Timeline
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
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- 1877
- Phonograph invented
- 1892
- First phonograph records sold
- 1895
- Movies and movie theaters
- 1897
- Radio first sent over long distance
- 1919
- Shortwave radio
- 1920
- Technicolor invented for movies
- 1929
- FM radio introduced in U.S.
- 1930
- Jukebox marketed in U.S.
- 1931
- Pinball machine marketed in U.S.
- 1931
- Electronic TV demonstrated in Britain
- 1941
- TV broadcast begins in U.S.
- 1948
- LP (long-playing) records sold in U.S.
- 1949
- 45 rpm (revolutions per minute) records sold in U.S.
- 1952
- Transistor radio invented
- 1954
- Color TV broadcast in U.S.
- 1957
- Stereo phonograph introduced
- 1962
- Telstar satellite broadcasts TV worldwide
- 1962
- Video games created
- 1970
- VCR (videocassette recorder) marketed
- 1970
- CDs (compact discs) marketed
- 1979
- Sony Walkman sold
- 1980s
- Cable TV networks aired in U.S.
- 1981
- MTV broadcast in U.S.
- 1982
- Wristwatch TV introduced in Japan.
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