At the opening of the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to appear in a TV broadcast, shown here. But he only appeared on local TV sets. In 1947, Harry S. Truman became the first president to give a national TV address from the White House. (Photo: Corbis)
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