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First Long-Distance TV Broadcast

First Long-Distance TV Broadcast

1927

The first public long-distance television transmission demonstration was held by AT&T (Bell Telephone Company). Reporters watched as the broadcast from Washington, D.C. was sent of a TV image of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover via phone connections to New York.

World Health Organization established

World Health Organization established

1948

The specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health was established with a mandate to seek and include working worldwide to promote health, keeping the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.

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