🔬 Opera is broadcast on radio (1910)
Where: Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA
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📅 On This Day: January 13
January 13, 1910: Opera is broadcast on radio. On 13 January 1910, inventor Lee de Forest sent live singing from the Metropolitan Opera in New York over the air. The famous tenor Enrico Caruso could be heard on faraway ships and in other rooms. It was the start of people listening to shows together on the radio.
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🧠 Question of the day
Whose voice went out over the radio that day?
- Enrico Caruso
- Mozart
- The Beatles
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Answer: Enrico Caruso
Questions
What happened on January 13?
January 13, 1910: Opera is broadcast on radio. It happened in Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA.
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