Archive for April 30th, 2023

WORLD’S FAIR OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1939

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On April 30, 1939, the New York World’s Fair opened in New
York City
. The opening ceremony, which featured speeches
by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt (below) and New York
Governor Herbert Lehman, ushered in the first day of
television broadcasting by RCA in New York.

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Chapter Three
 A TV camera (right) at the New York World’s Fair.

Remote Broadcasts: Television's Traveling Roadshow by Richard Wirth - ProVideo Coalition

Historic photos take you back to the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows | 6sqft

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REMEMBERING BERGEN AND MCCARTHY

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1946

Charlie McCarthy and his ventriloquist partner Edgar Bergen
made their
radio debut on NBC‘s The Royal Gelatin Hour in
1936, where they proved such a hit that the following year
the network gave them a starring role on
The Chase and
Sanborn Hour
, where they were initially supported by emcee
Don Ameche, singer Nelson Eddy, actress Dorothy Lamour,
and comedian
W. C. Fields. The following year, Charlie would
be joined by a much dumber dummy, Mortimer Snerd” (below).

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WC Fields, Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy On Radio - Photo
WC Fields (right) with Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy.

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TODAY’S RETRO BLOG POLITICAL CHUCKLE

04.30.23
FOX NEWS

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FIRST PRESIDENT INAUGURATED IN 1789

The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 At the ...

President George Washington was inaugurated as the first
president of the United States on
this day in history, April 30,
1789.

In his address, which he delivered at New York City’s Federal
Hall, Washington expressed his anxiety over the prospect of
leading a new nation.

At the time, New York City’s Federal Hall served as the U.S.
Capitol, according to the National Archives.
 

The Inauguration of President George Washington (1732-99) 30 April, 1789 at the Old City Hall ...

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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)

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HE INVENTED THE INTERNET ON THIS DAY

Tim Berners-Lee | Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts | Britannica
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee

On April 30, 1993, four years after publishing a proposal for
“an idea of linked information systems,” computer scientist
Tim Berners-Lee (above) released the source code for the
world’s first web browser and editor. Originally called Mesh,
the browser that he dubbed WorldWideWeb became the first
royalty-free, easy-to-use means of browsing the emerging
information network that developed into the internet as we
know it today.

Berners-Lee was a fellow at CERN, the research organization headquartered in Switzerland. Other research institutions like
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford
University had developed complex systems for internally
sharing information, and Berners-Lee sought a means of
connecting CERN’s system to others.

He outlined a plan for such a network in 1989 and developed
it over the following years. The computer he used, a NeXT
desktop (below) became the world’s first internet server.

Berners-Lee wrote and published the first web page, a
simplistic outline of the WorldWideWeb project, in 1991.

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