The History Channel. This channel is one of the greatest networks. Some production genius designed a channel that always seems to draw me in for 20 or 30 minute intervals. Since I find the History channel so interesting I decided to check our the website. (www.history.com)
On the website there is a "TODAY" tab and here are some of the stories I found.
P.T. Barnum dies
April 7, 1891
American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum dies in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Though he was gravely ill, the 81-year-old showman's sense of humor hadn't deserted him. He requested that a New York paper run his obituary before he died so he could enjoy reading it, and the paper obliged.
April 7, 1927
First telecast of sound and image
The first simultaneous telecast of image and sound takes place on this day in 1927. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover read a speech in Washington, D.C., which was transmitted to Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City, where an audience saw and heard a tiny televised image of Hoover, less than 3 inches square.
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