📡 Telecommunications & Media Chronological History Timeline

Chronological Timeline (30 Entries)

1. [1608] Space exploration — The first telescope is said to have been invented in 1608 in the Netherlands by an eyeglass maker named Hans Lipperhey, but their first recorded use in astronomy was by Galileo Galilei in 1609.
2. [1908] Lee de Forest — He invented the first practical electronic amplifier, the three-element "Audion" triode vacuum tube in 1908.
3. [1917] Floyd Collins — In 1917 and 1918, Collins discovered and commercialized Great Crystal Cave in the Flint Ridge Cave System, but the cave was remote and visitors were few.
4. [1920] Yasujiro Niwa — In the 1920s, he invented a simple device for phototelegraphic transmission through cable and later via radio, a technology that contributed to the development of mechanical television in Japan.
5. [1922] Alexander Fleming — He also discovered the enzyme lysozyme from his nasal discharge in 1922, and along with it a bacterium he named Micrococcus lysodeikticus, later renamed Micrococcus luteus.
6. [1925] Max Born — In 1925, Born and Werner Heisenberg formulated the matrix mechanics representation of quantum mechanics
7. [1926] Hidetsugu Yagi — The Yagi-Uda antenna, patented in 1926, allows directional transmission using radio waves, and is especially useful in the very high frequency and ultra high frequency radio bands.
8. [1933] Edwin McMillan — A graduate of California Institute of Technology, he earned his doctorate from Princeton University in 1933, and joined the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory where he discovered oxygen-15 and beryllium-10.
9. [1935] Luise Rainer — After years of acting on stage and in films in Austria and Germany, she was discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent scouts, who signed her to a three-year contract in Hollywood in 1935.
10. [1949] Johnnie Ray — Ray gained significant traction after being discovered in Detroit nightclubs in 1949 and subsequently signed with Okeh Records in 1951.
11. [1959] André Hazes — At the age of eight, he was discovered at the Albert Cuyp Market by comedian Johnny Kraaykamp and made his television debut on Weekendshow in 1959, where he sang a song in fake Italian, "Piove".
12. [1961] Tippi Hedren — Initially a fashion model, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines (among others), she became an actress after being discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961.
13. [1965] Yash Chopra — Chopra rose to prominence after directing the critically and commercially successful family drama Waqt (1965), which pioneered the concept of ensemble casts in Bollywood.
14. [1971] Golpe Borghese — The coup attempt became publicly known when the left-wing journal Paese Sera ran the headline on the evening of 18 March 1971: "Subversive plan against the Republic: far-right plot discovered".
15. [1973] Irna Phillips — Irna Phillips (July 1, 1901 – December 23, 1973) was an American scriptwriter, screenwriter, casting agent, and actress who pioneered a style of daytime soap opera in the United States geared specifically toward women.
16. [1980] Nancy McKeon — McKeon's professional career began when she was discovered for the role of Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life in 1980.
17. [1980] One country, two systems — This constitutional principle was formulated in the early 1980s during negotiations over Hong Kong between China and the United Kingdom.
18. [1980] Trevor Horn — His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties".
19. [1981] Bob Ross — Retiring from the Air Force in 1981, he was discovered by Annette Kowalski, who had attended one of his sessions while he was working as a tutor.
20. [1998] BoA — Born and raised in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, BoA was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents when she accompanied her older brother, a music video director, to a talent search in 1998.
21. [2000] Jung Ryeo-won — While an exchange student at Korea University from Griffith University in the 2000s, Jung was discovered on the streets of Apgujeong by Lee Sang-min, changing her life and career path.
22. [2002] Kim Ki-bum — In 2002, he was discovered by a talent agent from South Korea and was recommended to audition for the Starlight Casting System by SM Entertainment.
23. [2006] Choi Hyun-suk — 8-year-old Choi (Korean age) first discovered rap and hip hop in first grade through Big Bang's documentary The Beginning (2006), and later through the work of Tupac and Eminem, also attending the latter's concert in Choi's country.
24. [2006] Choi Min-ho — Choi was discovered at the SM Casting System in 2006 and modeled for Ha Sang-beg's Seoul Collection F/W 08–09 in March 2008.
25. [2009] George E. Smith — Most notably, Smith co-invented the charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor, an achievement for which he shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.
26. [2013] Lee Min-ho — He became the first Korean celebrity to have a wax figure made in his image at Madame Tussauds, with figures being unveiled in Shanghai in 2013, and Hong Kong in 2014.
27. [2014] Eddie Redmayne — Redmayne achieved wider recognition for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014), which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
28. [2015] Park Gyu-young — Park began training to become an actor after she was discovered by JYP Entertainment in 2015, after they saw her on the cover of a college magazine called University Tomorrow.
29. [2016] Vera Rubin — Vera Florence Cooper Rubin (; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates.
30. [2017] Bibi (singer) — Bibi officially signed with Feel Ghood Music in 2017 after her SoundCloud tracks were discovered.