Voice of America is the official international broadcaster of the United States government. It began shortwave radio broadcasts to Europe in the early months of American involvement in the Second World War, first in German, with the aim of countering Nazi propaganda by offering news from the Allied side. It continued through the Cold War, broadcasting in dozens of languages and becoming a major source of news in countries with restricted media, although some governments, including the Soviet Union, jammed its signals. The Smith–Mundt Act of 1948 set legal limits on its work, and a charter adopted in 1976 committed it to accurate, objective and comprehensive news. It later added television and internet services and operated under the US Agency for Global Media.
Before and after
- 8 January 1942Birth of Junichiro Koizumi
- 8 January 1942Birth of Stephen Hawking
- 17 January 1942Birth of Muhammad Ali
- 20 January 1942Wannsee Conference
- 1 February 1942Launch of Voice of America
- from 8 February 1942 to 15 February 1942Battle of Singapore
- from 14 February 1942 to 1 January 1945Rise of Armia Krajowa
- from 19 February 1942 to 10 February 1943Battle of Timor
- 27 February 1942Battle of the Java Sea
More in Science & technology
- 2 November 1920KDKA begins the first commercial radio broadcasts
- 1931Kurt Godel proves his incompleteness theorems
- 1933Karl Jansky detects radio waves from the Milky Way
- 4 March 1936First flight of LZ 129 Hindenburg
- October 1943Streptomycin, the first antibiotic that works against tuberculosis, is discovered
- 18 December 1944Launch of Le Monde
The era
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