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National Broadcasting Company (NBC) founded by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987.

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987. Initially, RCA was a patent trust owned by a partnership of General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Company. It became an independent company in 1932 after the partners agreed to divest their ownerships in settling an antitrust lawsuit by the United States.

An innovative and progressive company, RCA was the dominant electronics and communications firm in the United States for over five decades. In the early 1920s, RCA was at the forefront of the mushrooming radio industry, both as a major manufacturer of radio receivers and as the exclusive manufacturer of the first superheterodyne receiver.

Historical Significance

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987.

Events Before

  1. Norway's capital, Kristiania, changes its name to Oslo

    Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality.

  2. Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian Parliament and proclaims himself dictator of Italy, taking the title Il Duce (the

    Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian Parliament and proclaims himself dictator of Italy, taking the title Il Duce (the Leader)

  3. Actress Gloria Swanson (25) weds aristocrat Henri de la Falaise (26) in Paris, France

    Actress Gloria Swanson (25) weds aristocrat Henri de la Falaise (26) in Paris, France

  4. Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (29) weds actress Estelle Taylor (30)

    Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (29) weds actress Estelle Taylor (30)

  5. German lawyer and future Nazi war criminal Hans Frank (24) weds German secretary Brigitte Herbst (29) in Munich, Germany

    German lawyer and future Nazi war criminal Hans Frank (24) weds German secretary Brigitte Herbst (29) in Munich, Germany, until his execution in 1946

Events After

  1. Vernon L. Smith is born

    Vernon L. Smith, American economist and nobel laureate, known for american economist and nobel laureate, was born on 1927-01-01.

  2. Communist uprising in West Sumatra

    Communist uprising in West Sumatra

  3. Louis B. Mayer head of film studio MGM announces the creation of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

    Louis Burt Mayer was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924.

  4. American comedian Jack Benny (32) weds American salesgirl Sadie Marks (later known as Mary Livingstone) (22) at the Clay

    American comedian Jack Benny (32) weds American salesgirl Sadie Marks (later known as Mary Livingstone) (22) at the Clayton Hotel in Waukegan, Illinois, until his death in 1974

  5. American "The Sun Also Rises" novelist Ernest Hemingway (27) and 1st wife Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (35) divorce after

    American "The Sun Also Rises" novelist Ernest Hemingway (27) and 1st wife Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (35) divorce after 6 years of marriage

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What happened on May 19, 1926?
RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987. Initially, RCA was a patent trust owned by a partnership of General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Company. It became an independent company in 1932 after the partners agreed to divest their ownerships in settling an antitrust lawsuit by the United States.
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RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987.

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