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14 April - The first commercial motion picture house was opened in New York

 

On 14 April 1894, The first commercial motion picture house  was opened in New York City. It has 10 peep-show Kinetoscopes through which the films can be seen.

The Kinetoscope was patented by Thomas Edison. It had been developed primarily by one of his team members, William Kennedy Dickson who was the star and producer of the first motion picture shown to a public audience.

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