{
  "question": "Was today the day the cassette tape was invented?",
  "url": "https://was.today/the-day-the-cassette-tape-was-invented",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — Philips unveiled the Compact Cassette in 1963, not on October 27.",
  "details": [
    "Philips debuted it at the Berlin Radio Show, August 30, 1963",
    "Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at Philips",
    "Amsterdam launch followed on September 13, 1963"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 27",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_27"
    },
    {
      "title": "CNN",
      "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/tech/innovation/cassette-tape-50th-birthday#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "EPFL Graph Search",
      "url": "https://graphsearch.epfl.ch/en/concept/65880/concepts?page=1#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "International Music Council",
      "url": "http://www.imc-cim.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8779:unwinding-the-birth-rise-fall-and-return-of-the-cassette-tape&catid=135&Itemid=100135&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page="
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-27",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/the-day-the-cassette-tape-was-invented/2026-10-27",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T07:48:16.473Z"
}