Today in Tech History – February 27, 2018

1891 – David Sarnoff was born near Minsk. He would go on to befriend Marconi and rise to the Presidency of RCA and be integral in founding NBC.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/524429/David-Sarnoff

1932 – English physicist James Chadwick published a letter on the existence of the neutron, some say giving birth to modern nuclear physics.

http://www.nature.com/physics/looking-back/chadwick/index.html

1986 – The United States Senate voted to allow its debates to be televised on a trial basis. The trial was successful.

http://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/senate/chapter-22.html

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