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First baseball game
Fans paid to attend a baseball game between two teams in the New York City area at Fashion Rack Course in Queens -
NCAA Formed
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was officially formed to govern collegiate athletics. -
Motion Pictures
Development of recording of sound on motion picture film. -
Commercial Radio
First commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts -
NBC
RCA established the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) -
First TV Picture
Farnsworth transmits first electronic television picture; receives patent. -
CBS
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) is founded. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market Crash leads to the Great Depression closing nearly three-fourths of amusement parks. -
Wheaties
Lou Gehrig appeared on a Wheaties box. -
First TV sold
First television is sold -
All American Girls
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed due to many Major League Baseball players serving in WWII. -
Tv Popularity
Televisions are in over one million homes. -
Female Sponsorship
Wilson Sporting Goods signed golfer Babe Didrickson Zaharias to an endorsement contract for $100,000 per year. -
Color TV
Color television is introduced. -
Disneyland Opens
Disneyland in Anaheim, California opens costing $17 million to build. -
Tv Popularity Increases
Over 100 million television sets are in homes around the world. -
Six Flags Opens
Six Flags opens in Texas
First regional theme park -
nike
Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports. In 1972, the name is changed to Nike -
Magic Kingdom Opens
The Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens costing $375 million the build -
Title IX
Title IX is enacted, mandating equal access to educational opportunities for men and women. -
Naming RIghts
Rich Foods pays $60,000/year for the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills football stadium. -
CNN Debuts
CNN, the first all news network, is launched by Turner Cable Network -
Prince Charles Wedding
Prince Charles and Diana Spencer are married on international television -
US Boycott
The US boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow. -
MTV
MTV debuts -
First PC's
First IBM Personal Computers are available for retail sales -
Thriller
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells 20 million albums
Largest selling record ever -
CD's
First compact disc is released -
Commercialized Olympics
The Olympics becomes commercialized. Peter Ueberoth helps to make the Olympics profitable -
Nintendo
Nintendo home entertainment system is introduced -
Time Warner
Time and Warner merge to become Time Warner Inc. -
First Webcast
First television program delivered via the Internet (webcast -
Olympics Bombed
Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed. -
Diana Killed
Princess Diana is killed in an automobile accident