Here are some cold remedies to help you beat a summer cold and get back to enjoying the heat: 1  Take an over-the-counter (OTC) decongestant to unclog a stuffy nose. 2  Use a saline spray to irrigate the nose and keep mucus loose.  Take an OTC pain reliever (like Tylenol) to reduce fever and manage pain.
The 1940s and 1950s. Cable television originated in the United States almost simultaneously in Arkansas, Oregon and Pennsylvania in 1948 to enhance poor reception of over-the-air television signals in mountainous or geographically remote areas.
| Filed Under: Firsts 11 Comments. The Television was invented a lot earlier than you might think. The first electrically transmitted TV pictures were the work of J.L. Baird, who built his first TV system in 1926.J.L. Baird was Scottish, and was born in Helensburgh, Scotland.he lad was paid about 60 cents for his appearance! The first broadcasting of TV pictures didnât begin until 1935, in Germany, with American TV broadcasting following six years later, in 1941. By 1949, there were a million TV sets in this country, and by 1959, there were 50 million.