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4th October 1927: Work begins on the USA’s Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota

  • 4th October 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Art, Culture, George Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, Roosevelt, Sculpture, South Dakota, United States, USA, Washington

Washington’s face was the first to be completed, seven years after work began. In July 1939 Roosevelt was the final likeness to be dedicated.

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24th September 1952: Kentucky Fried Chicken opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah

  • 24th September 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Culture, Food, Franchise, Globalisation, History of KFC, Kentucky, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, United States, USA

Pete Harman of Salt Lake City, Utah, agreed to pay four cents on each chicken sold in return for using Sanders’ recipe and method and advertising using his name and likeness.

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20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match

  • 20th September 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Billie JEan King, Bobby Riggs, Culture, Equality, Houston, Sport, Tennis, United States, USA, Women

Female tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs, a former World No. 1 men’s player, in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’.

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8th September 1966: Star Trek makes its television debut with “The Man Trap”

  • 8th September 2023
  • Tagged as: Culture, Space, Star Trek, Television

The first episode of American science fiction television series Star Trek was broadcast at 8.30pm on NBC.

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31st August 1920: The world’s first radio news service begins broadcasting in Detroit, Michigan

  • 31st August 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Culture, Detroit, Music, Newspaper, Radio, Technology, United States

The world’s first radio news program was broadcast on the station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.

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20th August 1920: America’s NFL, known at the time as the American Professional Football Conference, established

  • 20th August 2023
  • Tagged as: American Football, Culture, Football, Ohio, Sport

A local newspaper reported that the league was established to ‘raise the standard of professional football in every way possible, to eliminate bidding for players between rival clubs and to secure cooperation in the formation of schedules’.

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17th August 1982: First commercial compact disc produced in the German town of Langenhagen

  • 17th August 2023
  • Tagged as: CD, Compact Disc, Culture, Digital, Germany, Music, Science, Technology

Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau’s recording of Chopin waltzes was pressed at Philips’ Polydor Pressing Operations plant, with the pianist himself starting the machine.

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27th July 1940: Bugs Bunny makes his cartoon debut in A Wild Hare

  • 27th July 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Animation, Bugs Bunny, Cartoon, Culture, Film, Second World War, USA

Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in the Merrie Melodies cartoon A Wild Hare.

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11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles

  • 11th July 2023
  • Tagged as: America, California, Culture, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Music, Theatre, USA

The Hollywood Bowl opened in Bolton Canyon near Los Angeles.

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6th July 1957: John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time at the St Peter’s Church garden fête in Woolton, Liverpool

  • 6th July 2023
  • Tagged as: Beatlemania, Beatles, Culture, England, John Lennon, Liverpool, Merseybeat, Music, Paul McCartney

John Lennon was playing guitar with his skiffle band, The Quarrymen, who were performing on a bill alongside the Liverpool police dogs display team and the Band of the Cheshire Yeomanry.

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