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 episode of American science fiction television series Star Trek was broadcast at 8.30pm on NBC.
The Damned had released what is recognised as the first ever punk single a month earlier.
Sesame Street was first conceived in 1966 as a way to provide low-income, inner-city children with an educational foundation ready for when they began formal schooling.
On the 24th May 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland.
On the 19th February 1985, the BBC’s flagship soap opera EastEnders was broadcast for the first time.
On the 10th November 1969, the American children’s television show Sesame Street was broadcast for the first time.
On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.
On the 23rd November 1963, the first ever episode of cult science fiction television show Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC.
On the 23rd September 1974, the world’s first teletext service went live when the BBC began transmitting its Ceefax service.
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