<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sony">Sony</a> launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Betamax">Betamax</a>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Videocassette recorder">videocassette recorder</a> format.<sup about="#mwt39" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_7#cite_note-6" id="mwASs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASw">[6]</span></a></sup>
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