- 1953 WDAU (now WYOU) TV channel 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins
- 1955 "$64,000 Question" hosted by Hal March, premieres on CBS TV
1st President on Color TV
1955 Eisenhower becomes the first President to appear on color TV
Gene Roddenberry Leaves the Police
1956 Gene Roddenberry resigns from the Los Angeles Police Department to concentrate on his writing career
- 1965 Sony Corp introduces its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
- 1970 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire win
- 1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public
NBC Nightly News
1976 "NBC Nightly News" changes to a dual-anchor show with John Chancellor and David Brinkley
- 1978 Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
Live Like You Were Dying
2004 "Live Like You Were Dying" single released by Tim McGraw (Grammy Award Best Country Song, 2004; Billboard Song of the Year, 2004)
- 2016 "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", a play written by Jack Thorne with JK Rowling, premieres in London
2024 At 98, actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke becomes the oldest winner of a Daytime Emmy, for a guest performance in "Days of Our Lives" [1]
Sajak's Final Spin
2024 Pat Sajak’s final appearance on "Wheel of Fortune" after 43 years; the longest continuous stint by a game show host [1]
Good Night, and Good Luck
2025 George Clooney's stage drama "Good Night, and Good Luck" about journalist Edward R. Murrow's 1950s stand against anti-communist witch hunts is first live broadcast of a Broadway performance, on CNN
