The 1969 supreme court ruling stemmed from the Tinker vs Des Moines case that started in 1965 after the school suspended a 13 year old junior high student named Mary Beth Tinker and 4 other students for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam war. When the students got to school they were told to…
On July 16, 1969, as the entire world was watching, Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. With billions of people watching live on tv, this was a day to remember. This day marks the start of mass broadcast and gives many people a little fire in them. This fire could be the desire to…
While the rise of the radio skyrocketed in the 1920s and 30s, the early stages of television set into motion, and would eventually become commonplace two or three decades later. Before television would become the powerhouse of media and entertainment that it is today, just as common in living rooms as carpets and coffee tables,…
Who is Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee? Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee is the creator of the world wide web. He was born on June 8th 1995 in London England. Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee was the oldest of four kids. Both of his parents worked in the computer field. They meet while helping to build the first…
With growing concern and decreasing morale in the events of the 70s, the rise of sitcoms became a staple on television and in the homes of many American households. Only three television networks were available and home to these belove sitcoms, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Many of these 70s sitcoms were produced by Norman Lear…
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. This began due to the American’s oil embargo on Japan. One of Japan’s only options were to obtain oil from the Dutch East India Company in the South Pacific, however this trade route was quite risky to execute because…