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Marvin P. Middlemark invented the Rabbit Ears television Antenna in 1956 in Rego Park, Queens, New York.
Mr. Solheim was a self-made millionaire who started his business in his garage. Born on Sept. 15, 1911, in Bergen, Norway, he moved to the United States at age 2 with his family. He grew up in Seattle, where his father was a shoemaker, but Mr. Solheim eventually decided to become an engineer. In 1953, he joined General Electric as a mechanical engineer and helped design the rabbit ears antenna that clamped onto General Electric’s first portable television.