The Night Opera Flew Over the Airwaves
On January 12, 1910, inventor Lee de Forest transmitted the world’s first live opera broadcast — Acts II and III of Tosca — from the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House.
On January 12, 1910, inventor Lee de Forest transmitted the world’s first live opera broadcast — Acts II and III of Tosca — from the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House.
On February 8, 1910, Chicago publisher William D. Boyce filed papers in Washington, D.C. launching the Boy Scouts of America — inspired by a London boy who refused his tip.