David Sarnoff

David Sarnoff was a Russian-born American broadcasting pioneer. He was born 27 April 1891 and died 12 December 1971. He picked up the alert signal from the RMS Titanic on 14 April 1912. In 1916, he had the idea for radios. After a couple of years, the RCA sold radios with a value of 80 000 000 dollars.

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Sarnoff with Albert Einstein and other noted scientists and engineers on a tour of the RCA wireless station in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1921. Charles Proteus Steinmetz is next to Einstein.
Sarnoff with the first RCA videotape recorder in 1954
Sarnoff receiving his brigadier general's star from Major General Harry C. Ingles, chief signal officer of the US Army.
Sarnoff's mausoleum at Kensico Cemetery.