1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK, began operating in Michigan. Now, WWJ, it is owned by CBS.
http://www.nrcdxas.org/articles/1stfacts.txt
1930 – W2XCR began broadcasting at 2.1-2.2 mHz from Jersey City, New Jersey, with the first demonstration of telecasts meant for the home. A half-hour program, hosted by the cartoonist Harry Hirschfeld, was viewed on screens placed in a store in the Hotel Ansonia, the Hearst building, and a home at 98 Riverside Drive.
http://www.earlytelevision.org/w2xcr.html
1970 – John Carmack was born in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. He would grow up to co-found id software and bring the world Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake.
http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/A-Ca/Carmack-John.html#b
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