1992 Event Tipper Gore (wife of future Vice President) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink 1988 Event Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit 1984 Event Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws 1974 Event President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings 1974 Event Expert panel reports 18 -m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures 1973 Event Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1973 Event President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1973 Event Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica 1965 Event Beatles tape an appearance for Ed Sullivan Show 1965 Event Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 1963 Event Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album 1962 Event Beatles tape "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" 1958 Event 1st color video recording on magnetic tape 1956 Event 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast 1952 Event 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca 1948 Event Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway 1948 Event 1st tape recorder sold 1941 Birthday Larry Hall, rocker, Tape Heads 1934 Birthday Ramon Sender, born in Madrid, Spain, composer, co-founder, San Francisco Tape Music Center, co-designed the first west coast synthesizer, the Buchla Box 1930 Event Richard Drew creates Scotch tape 1930 Event Richard Drew invents masking tape 1928 Event Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company 1912 Event New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious U.S. olympians 1908 Event N.Y. gives a ticker tape parade to returning U.S. Olympians from London 1868 Event Alvin J. Fellows patents tape measure
