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19th February 1985: BBC broadcasts first episode of EastEnders

  • 19th February 2021
  • Tagged as: BBC, Broadcast, Culture, Entertainment, Television

On the 19th February 1985, the BBC’s flagship soap opera EastEnders was broadcast for the first time.

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14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

  • 14th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Colonel Tom Parker, Culture, Elvis Presley, Hawaii, Music, Satellite, Television

Elvis Presley became the first solo entertainer to broadcast a live performance via satellite with Aloha From Hawaii.

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17th November 1978: CBS broadcast the heavily-criticised Star Wars Holiday Special

  • 17th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Culture, Film, Science Fiction, Star Wars, Television

13 million people tuned in, securing it the second-highest audience share, but the film garnered an almost universally-negative response.

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10th November 1969: Sesame Street first broadcast

  • 10th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Children, Culture, Education, Puppet, Television

On the 10th November 1969, the American children’s television show Sesame Street was broadcast for the first time.

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5th October 1970: PBS, the national Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, was launched

  • 5th October 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Culture, Television, United States, USA

With 80% of all American television households watching at least one PBS program each year, it has been consistently rated the most-trusted national institution in the United States according to Roper Opinion Research polls.

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26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate

  • 26th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Debate, Election, Kennedy, Nixon, Politics, Television, United States

The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

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

  • 8th September 2020
  • 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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1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched

  • 1st August 2020
  • Tagged as: Culture, Music, Television

Originally broadcast from a studio in New Jersey, MTV launched at 12:01am with the words ‘Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll’.

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25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game

  • 25th January 2020
  • Tagged as: Culture, Electronics, Invention, Patent, Science, Technology, Television

Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr was the director of research at DuMont Laboratories in New Jersey where he was exploring the use of cathode ray tubes in television sets.

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9th December 1965: Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast

  • 9th December 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Broadcast, Cartoon, Christmas, Comic, Culture, Television, Tradition, USA

On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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