Elvis Presley became the first solo entertainer to broadcast a live performance via satellite with Aloha From Hawaii.
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
6th September 2018
13 million people tuned in, securing it the second-highest audience share, but the film garnered an almost universally-negative response.
On the 10th November 1969, the American children’s television show Sesame Street was broadcast for the first time.
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.
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
The first episode of American science fiction television series Star Trek was broadcast at 8.30pm on NBC.
Originally broadcast from a studio in New Jersey, MTV launched at 12:01am with the words ‘Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll’.
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.
On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.
The Damned had released what is recognised as the first ever punk single a month earlier.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days
25th January 2021
24th January 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys
24th January 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019