- 1929 27-year-old businessman William S. Paley becomes CBS president
- 1947 First opening session of Congress is televised; it does not happen again until 1977
- 1949 "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV
- 1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
- 1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Beatlemania
1964 Jack Paar shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You", and says he understands that science was working on a cure for the Beatlemania phenomenon
- 1967 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1970 WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
NY Yankees Sale
1973 A 12-man syndicate led by Michael Burke and George Steinbrenner III buys MLB's New York Yankees from CBS for US$10 million
Oh, Coward!
1987 Musical revue "Oh, Coward!" featuring the songs of Noël Coward, closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 56 performances
The Secret Garden
1993 Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical "The Secret Garden", based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, starring Daisy Eagan and Mandy Patinkin, closes at St James Theater NYC after 706 performances and 3 Tony Awards
Lost in Yonkers
1993 Neil Simon's stage comic-drama "Lost in Yonkers", starring Mercedes Ruehl and Kevin Spacey, closes at Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC, after 780 performances, 5 Tony Awards wins, and a Pulitzer Prize
- 1997 Bryant Gumbel co-hosts his final "Today" show on NBC-TV
American Top 40
2004 After hosting the show for over 30 years, Casey Kasem steps down as host of "American Top 40" and is succeeded by Ryan Seacrest
The Late Late Show
2005 Scottish comic Craig Ferguson becomes the host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS; hosts the program through 2014
