-
US Actors' Equity Association forms
According to Wikipedia, "The Actors' Equity Association, commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing those who work in live theatrical performance." The symbol is meant to show equality for all races and genders in the acting community. It lets people show that they want the same acting jobs as other races and genders. -
The Circus was released to the public and Charlie Chaplin's career was born
According to Khan Academy, "The silent movies of the early 1920s gave rise to the first generation of movie stars. No star captured the attention of the American viewing public more than Charlie Chaplin. Sad-eyed with a mustache, baggy pants, and a cane, Chaplin was the top box office attraction of his time." -
Dracula was released
Britannica describes Dracula and states, "Dracula, American horror film, released in 1931, that is considered one of the early classics of the genre. Bela Lugosi’s performance as the vampire Count Dracula is widely acknowledged as the definitive portrayal of the character, who first appeared in Bram Stoker’s novel of the same name." -
First Olympics to be on television
According to the Lib, in the first televised Olympics, "The Berlin Olympics had been awarded to Germany before the Nazis came to power, but in August 1936 they provided a perfect opportunity for the Nazis to showcase Hitler's Third Reich to the 49 nations of the world competing for Olympic gold." -
The first televised Major League Baseball Game
According to History, "On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York... At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming did not yet exist, and very few people owned television sets—there were only about 400 in the New York area." -
First televised basketball game
According to Fordhamsports, "Back on February 28, 1940, W2XBS broadcast a men's basketball doubleheader from Madison Square Garden. Fordham took on the University of Pittsburgh in the first game followed by a matchup between New York University and Georgetown University. Not many people watched the game as it was estimated that fewer than 400 television sets existed in New York City back then, when a top-of-the-line set, a Clifton, sold for about $600." -
News Reports were televised on the attack on Pearl Harbor.
According to Census, "On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific." -
The show Father Knows Best aired.
According to Common Sense Media, "The classic series FATHER KNOWS BEST (1954 -1960) is a situation comedy about the day-to-day antics of the Andersons, a middle-class nuclear family living in the fictitious suburban town of Springfield." The show was one of the first few situation comedies and it inspired many more sit-coms. -
The Flintstones first air
According to USA Today, "'The Flintstones' was already prehistoric by design when it premiered Sept. 30, 1960. Sixty years after its launch, primetime TV's first animated series seems even older in some ways, surprisingly contemporary in others and still gets callbacks in today's popular culture." The Flintstones was very popular and inspired many other cartoon shows. -
News Reports of the John F. Kennedy assassination were televised.
According to History, "President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. Kennedy’s motorcade was turning past the Texas School Book Depository at Dealey Plaza with crowds lining the streets—when shots rang out. The driver of the president’s Lincoln limousine, with its top off, raced to nearby Parkland Memorial Hospital, but after being shot in the neck and head, Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. " -
The first televised Super Bowl
The game was a blowout, as according to History, "On January 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) smash the American Football League (AFL)'s Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, in the first-ever AFL-NFL World Championship, later known as Super Bowl I, at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles." -
First televised lunar event and first man on the moon.
According to Nasa, "On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon. He and Aldrin walked around for three hours. They did experiments. They picked up bits of moon dirt and rocks... They put a U.S. flag on the moon. They also left a sign on the moon." -
Sesame Street comes to television
According to History, "On November 10, 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. “Sesame Street,” with its memorable theme song (“Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”), went on to become the most widely viewed children’s program in the world. It has aired in more than 120 countries." -
The show Mash first airs
According to the PBS, "The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH, concept was first deployed by the U.S. Army during World War II. They were initially called Auxiliary Surgical Groups and were an attempt to move surgical care closer to wounded soldiers than the fixed-in-place field hospitals then in existence." -
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve first airs
The first real television broadcast for New Years for the ball drop was broadcasted by Dick Clark. According to Wikipedia, "The special first aired on December 31, 1972; its first two editions were broadcast by NBC, and hosted by Three Dog Night and George Carlin, respectively, with Clark anchoring coverage from Times Square." -
News Channels broadcast Ronald Reagan as he becomes president of the United States
According to Wikipedia, "Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following a landslide victory over Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election." -
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air first airs on television
According to the Carleton, "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a 90s African-American sitcom that starred then-20-year-old Will Smith, as a teenager from a tough neighborhood in West Philadelphia, whose mother, who fearing her son’s safety and ability to grow in an underserviced black community, sends him to live with their wealthy relatives, the Banks, in Bel-Air, California." -
News channels show the twin towers fall on television
According to Britannica, "September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. The attacks against New York City and Washington, D.C., caused extensive death and destruction and triggered an enormous U.S. effort to combat terrorism." -
Two and a Half Men comes to televisions.
Imdb describes the show and states, "Jingle-writer Charlie is forced to change his lifestyle and learn to control his drinking, smoking, gambling and womanizing when after a twelve years marriage his fresh dumped-by-wife brother and his son need a place to stay. Everything re-changes again after almost ten years when Charlie dies." -
The first episode of Game of Thrones premieres.
With the premiere of the episode, Imdb concluded, "In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die. In the mythical continent of Westeros, nine families of higher nobility (Targaryen, Lannisters, Starks, Tyrell, Martell, Greyjoys, Baratheons and Boltons) scramble bitterly to gain power over the seven kingdoms and the Iron throne." -
News Reports show that US Declared Public Health Emergency
A news outlet, Ajmc describes and states that, "The Trump administration declares a public health emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement comes 3 days after WHO declared a Global Health Emergency as more than 9800 cases of the virus and more than 200 deaths had been confirmed worldwide."