The invention of the television
The invention of the television
The facts
| Dates | AD 1927 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The invention of the television falls 5931 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The invention of the airplane by the Wright BrothersAD 1903The sinking of the TitanicAD 1912The start of commercial radio broA.D.castingAD 1920The first Winter OlympicsAD 1924The discovery of penicillin by Alexander FlemingAD 1928The discovery of PlutoAD 1930The detonation of the first atomic bombAD 1945The first successful climb of Mount EverestAD 1953
Now see where it sits
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