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Cultural dates, releases and technologies with reviewable evidence and editorial oversight.

4 September 1967
TELEVISION / CHILE

The Chilean music program Hit Parade premieres

Hit Parade began airing on Canal 9, presenting popular songs and using the chart criteria of the time.

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  1. Hit Paradees.wikipedia.org · accessed 09/27/2026
1962
RESTORATION / SPAIN

TVE begins regularly preserving its own productions

Regular preservation of Televisión Española’s own productions begins in 1962, according to information from the RTVE Archive.

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  1. ¿Qué conservamos?www.rtve.es · accessed 09/25/2026
1962
TELEVISION / SPAIN

RTVE begins regularly preserving its own television productions

According to RTVE, Televisión Española began regularly preserving its own productions in 1962.

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  1. ¿Qué conservamos?www.rtve.es · accessed 09/26/2026
1961
COLLECTIBLES / ITALY

Panini launches its first football-player sticker album

Panini launched its first album featuring footballers. Another reference in the article specifies that the Panini brothers’ first collection was linked to the Italian championship.

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  1. Una historia de cromos | Pixartprintingwww.pixartprinting.es · accessed 09/23/2026
  2. El mundo de los cromos, una historia de ayer y hoy | El trastero de Palacioeltrasterodepalacio.wordpress.com · accessed 09/23/2026
1956
RESTORATION / SPAIN

Film Recording Used as the Recording Method Until 1956

The UPM Telecommunications Museum explains that, from the start of regular broadcasts through 1956, programs were recorded by filming them with a motion-picture camera and developing the film afterward. The recordings were used for delayed broadcasts and for archiving.

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  1. Historias de las Telecomunicaciones – Museo de Telecomunicacionesblogs.upm.es · accessed 09/26/2026
1948
TELEVISION / SPAIN

Philips Television Demonstrations in Spain

After the Spanish Civil War, Philips conducted television tests at the 1948 Trade Fair, according to RTVE. The source does not specify what images were shown or whether they were recorded.

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  1. Los inicios de la televisión en Españawww.rtve.es · accessed 09/26/2026
1946
RESTORATION / GLOBAL

The International Council of Museums is founded

With UNESCO’s support, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) was founded, providing museums with legal and ethical backing and committing to the preservation and dissemination of cultural property. This is an institutional milestone related to heritage preservation, although it is not specific to music archives.

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  1. Estudio y análisis de los museos de música en Europadiposit.ub.edu · accessed 09/27/2026
1944
HOME DÉCOR / SPAIN

Restoration work affects the decoration of the Romanticism Museum’s rooms

The restoration affected the façade, a building wing, the staircase and the rooms’ decoration, as well as the corridors and garden. The source does not specify the colours, materials or motifs used.

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  1. Archivo del Museo Nacional del Romanticismo (Madrid ...censoarchivos.mcu.es · accessed 09/23/2026
1942
EVERYDAY LIFE / UNITED STATES

Fantasia begins to be reissued

From 1942 onward, Fantasia was reissued several times by RKO Radio Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution; the different versions altered, removed, or restored original footage and sound.

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  1. Fantasía (película)es.wikipedia.org · accessed 09/25/2026
13 November 1940
FILM / UNITED STATES

Fantasia premieres in New York and begins its roadshow

Fantasia’s first screening took place at New York’s Broadway Theatre on 13 November 1940. It was subsequently presented as a roadshow in thirteen US cities between 1940 and 1941.

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  1. Fantasía (película)es.wikipedia.org · accessed 09/25/2026
1940
RESTORATION / ARGENTINA

A decree establishes the creation of the Provincial Historical Museum of Santa Fe

Governor De Iriondo established the Provincial Historical Museum by decree 892/1940, on the site associated with the Diez de Andino family.

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  1. Censo-Guía de Archivos de España e Iberoaméricacensoarchivos.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/27/2026
1939
RESTORATION / ITALY

MAUTO opens to the public in Turin

The museum opened to the public in rooms beneath the municipal stadium’s stands, at a venue described as provisional.

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  1. El MAUTO - MAUTOwww.museoauto.com · accessed 09/28/2026
1939
CARS AND MOTORCYCLES / ITALY

MAUTO Opened to the Public in Turin

The museum opened in rooms beneath the Municipal Stadium stands with a collection of 181 pieces dated from 1854 to 1939; only 73 were displayed because of limited space.

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  1. El MAUTO - MAUTOwww.museoauto.com · accessed 09/22/2026
1938
FILM / UNITED STATES

Disney decides to turn The Sorcerer’s Apprentice into a feature film

In 1938, Walt Disney decided to incorporate The Sorcerer’s Apprentice project into a multi-segment feature built around classical music.

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  1. Fantasía (película)es.wikipedia.org · accessed 09/25/2026
1933
COLLECTIBLES / ITALY

Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia begins assembling the MAUTO collection

The MAUTO’s institutional history says its founder began collecting cars, chassis and engines in 1933.

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  1. El MAUTO - MAUTOwww.museoauto.com · accessed 09/23/2026
1933
CARS AND MOTORCYCLES / ITALY

The MAUTO collection begins to take shape

Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia began collecting cars, chassis and engines, forming the oldest core of the collection of Turin’s Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile.

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  1. El MAUTO - MAUTOwww.museoauto.com · accessed 09/24/2026
1933
TOYS / SPAIN

Royal toys donated to Madrid City Council

On Three Kings’ Day in 1933, Madrid City Council organized an event to receive toys that had not been kept in the Royal Collections. The donation became part of the history of the toys belonging to the children of Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenia.

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  1. Juguetes Reales - La Galería de las Colecciones Realeswww.galeriadelascoleccionesreales.es · accessed 09/24/2026
1933
CARS AND MOTORCYCLES / ITALY

Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia Began Assembling MAUTO’s Founding Collection

Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia began collecting cars, chassis and engines that would form the oldest core of MAUTO’s collection.

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  1. El MAUTO - MAUTOwww.museoauto.com · accessed 09/22/2026
1928
FILM / SPAIN

The Spanish Congress of Cinematography calls for a distribution quota

According to Archivo Cine, the First Spanish Congress of Cinematography called for a quota of one Spanish film for every 25 foreign films. The source records the proposal, not its adoption or implementation.

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  1. EMPRESAS DE DISTRIBUCIONarchivocine.com · accessed 09/23/2026
1928
FILM / SPAIN

The Spanish Cinema Congress calls for a quota for Spanish films

At the First Spanish Cinema Congress, participants called for a distribution quota of one Spanish film for every twenty-five foreign films. The demand reflects concern about the presence of domestic cinema, but does not show that the quota was adopted or enforced.

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  1. EMPRESAS DE DISTRIBUCIONarchivocine.com · accessed 09/24/2026
1928
FILM / SPAIN

Call for a quota for Spanish films

At the First Spanish Cinematography Congress in 1928, participants called for a distribution quota of one Spanish film for every twenty-five foreign films. The source documents the proposal, not its implementation.

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  1. EMPRESAS DE DISTRIBUCIONarchivocine.com · accessed 09/26/2026