2014 Event Flight recorder signals from the missing Malaysia Air jet are no longer detectable; the flight, which disappeared on March 8th, may be located in a zone of over 57,000 square km of water about 2,200 km to the northwest of Perth, Australia 1965 Event Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 1963 Event 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London 1956 Event Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder 1948 Event Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway 1948 Event 1st tape recorder sold 1930 Birthday Ryohei Hirose, born in Hakodate, Japan, composer, professor, Kyoto University of Arts 1977 - 1996, composes music for shakuhachi, recorder, viola da gamba 1925 Birthday Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder 1925 Birthday James Miskin, QC/recorder of London 1889 Event Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder 1881 Event Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington D.C.
