On the 24th May 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland.
1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation
1st February 2021
An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in 1989.
On the 19th February 1985, the BBC’s flagship soap opera EastEnders was broadcast for the first time.
Elvis Presley became the first solo entertainer to broadcast a live performance via satellite with Aloha From Hawaii.
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’.
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