Hergé's First Comic Strip
1926 Belgian scouting magazine Le Boy Scout Belge publishes "The Adventures of Totor" by cartoonist Hergé, his first comic strip series and a precursor to Tintin
- 1941 Bulova Watch Company pays $9 for 1st ever television commercial, which airs during a broadcast of Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Phillies baseball game
- 1941 WCBW-TV (now WCBS), channel 2 in New York City begins broadcasting
- 1941 WNBT-TV (now WNBC), channel 4 in New York City begins broadcasting
- 1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1950 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1952 English architect Michael Ventris says he has solved one of the 20th century's greatest linguistic riddles, by deciphering Linear B in BBC interview. Is an ancient form of Greek on clay tablets from Minoan palace of Knossos. [1]
- 1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
- 1954 WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, Massachusetts (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1958 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave
- 1959 WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1961 KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1965 KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1966 1st color television transmission in Canada is broadcast from Toronto
- 1967 1st British colour TV broadcast, on BBC 2
- 1967 BBC starts its World Radio Club
Music History
1967 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl", starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 1348 performances
- 1975 WEDway People Mover opens in Tomorrowland, Disney World, Florida
- 1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
- 1992 Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009 Animated film "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" directed by Carlos Saldanha and Mike Thurmeieris with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo is released
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