The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
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The Greenwich Time Signal is broadcast for the first time.
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For the first time in history, the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) transmitted a two-hour-long live broadcast from Calais, France, to television screens in the UK.