2000 Event 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis 1985 Event General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC 1971 Death David Sarnoff, U.S. TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80 1960 Event RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched 1956 Event RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records 1956 Event Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA 1956 Event Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1955 Event RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss 1955 Event RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer 1954 Event RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000 1953 Event FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications 1952 Event "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV 1949 Event RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) 1949 Event RCA introduces 45 RPM record 1941 Event Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA 1940 Event 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa 1940 Event RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia 1940 Event Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label 1939 Event NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair 1937 Event NBC and RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY 1936 Event RCA displays TV for press 1936 Event RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy) 1934 Event RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th) 1931 Event 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, New York City), venture failed 1926 Event 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1926 Event AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (New York City) 1919 Event Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created 1917 Event 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey 1892 Birthday Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show 1891 Birthday David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA
