ED DANAHUE            

On August 27, 1916, after Romania declared war on Austria-
Hungary, formally entered World War I, Romanian troops
cross the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire into the
much-contested province of Transylvania.

By the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, Romania had
long been at odds with Austria-Hungary over the issue
of territory—specifically Transylvania, which was
ethnically Romanian but then part of Hungary.

Seeing Russia’s success against Austria on the battlefields
of the Eastern Front during the summer of 1916, Romania
hoped to make an advantageous entry into the war in order
to realize long-held dreams of territorial expansion and
national unity.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote,was
formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution by proclamation of
Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.

Despite the passage of the amendment, poll taxes, local laws
and other restrictions continued to block women of color from
voting for several more decades.

On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game
was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become
WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in
Brooklyn, New York.

At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming
did not yet exist, and very few people owned television sets—there
were only about 400 in the New York area.

Not until 1946 did regular network broadcasting catch on in the
United States, and only in the mid-1950s did television sets
become more common in the American household.

In 1939, the World’s Fair—which was being held in New York—
became the catalyst for the historic broadcast.

Restored 1939 GE HM-171 TV.