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KDKA's First Broadcast, Tutankhamun's Tomb & the Gunpowder Plot | Nov 2–7
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From the birth of commercial radio to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and Guy Fawkes beneath Parliament, this week in history delivered world-changing moments across five centuries. Laika's doomed orbit, Jane Goodall's tool-using chimp, Susan B. Anthony's illegal vote, and the October Revolution round out a remarkable seven days.
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On November second, nineteen twenty, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a small transmitter atop the Westinghouse building crackled to life and changed everything. KDKA — the first licensed commercial radio station in America — went on the air that night broadcasting live returns from the presidential election between Warren Harding and James Cox.
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