March 25 in history: the first color television, a guided missile in atomic sumbarinah ruble and the emergence of mobile tariffs in Russia – Ferra

March 25, 1954 the company RCA released the serial color TV first in the world. CT-100 model has been able to bring color telecast of the “underground” and consistent in its infancy then standard color . TV standard NTSC

The queue for a new type of television, however, did not stand – model deafening cost $ 1,000 (taking into account inflation, the amount is approximately equal to $ 10,000 today). The principle of CT-100 differed little from the later versions CRT TV – picture tube coated with phosphor (a substance that glows when processing electronic particles), the diagonal of a little less than 12 inches, about 475 watts of power and the “curve” rendition, in which the red and green colors were much more intense than the yellow or blue.

first serial color TV RCA CT-100

in addition to the high cost of the popularity of the TV was limited to the fact that not all TV channels broadcast in color. For RCA Year was able to sell a lot less instances, CT-100, than originally planned, so soon the company has established a new model (CT-55), and a color television debut fell sharply to $ 495.

Therefore truly massive color television was only a few decades later -. in 1970, and mass production of non-ferrous tube TVs in the USSR “Ruby” was launched only in 1967 at the Moscow television plant

March 25. 1960 held the world’s first launch of a guided missile from a nuclear submarine The tests took place at the American submarine USS Halibut (SSGN-587.) – the first of its kind ship missile deterrence. Ammunition was a five nuclear missiles SSM-N-8 Regulus with a flight range of up to 930 km. The submarine has been designed specifically to work with such an arsenal, and by their own kind is characterized by high primary “flight” deck.

nuclear submarine USS Halibut (SSGN -587)

Five years in a row Halibut was on duty at Pearl Harbor, and 5 years later (in 1965) participated in intelligence operations against the Soviet Union. For example, in 1971, the Americans joined the Soviet submarine cable in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and listened to talks Soviet sailors between military bases in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vladivostok.

March 25, 2005 the Russian telecom operator “MegaFon” has announced the transfer of all tariffs in ruble calculation system. First of all federal operators are tariffed services in “arbitrary units”, ie, US dollars, and refused tariff calls and SMS in rubles, fearing for the stability of the Russian national currency.

The first tariff calculations with ruble in Moscow became, suddenly, a plan called “ruble”. Another of conventional units refused to “Beeline” and MTS was the most conservative of the “big three” and decided to take this step last.

MegaFon tariff “ruble”, 2005 g.

The decision was logical for the simple reason that Russian citizens receive their salaries in rubles, but no generosity on the part of operators in the above decision was not – in 2005, the dollar steadily falling against the ruble, so the translation of accounts receivable in the national currency has been the operator of the obvious benefits

by the way, operators and now have the right to roll out tariffs with payment. in units – to pay for the connection we still rubles simply for each replenishment will be converted at the rate of the Bank of Russia

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