1998 Joan Hickson, actress, Miss Marple for the BBC, dies at 92
1997 Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70
1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88
1996 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91
1995 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC, is released in Britain
1994 John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48
1993 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long
1987 1st condom commercial on BBC TV
1984 NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine
1982 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1979 Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury
1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC
1974 Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC
1974 BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service
1973 John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC
1973 Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV
1972 BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi"
1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
1970 Ray Davies of Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC coml reference ban
1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC
1969 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode
1967 BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"
1967 BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles
1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station
1967 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2
1967 BBC starts their World Radio Club
1967 BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC
1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London
1963 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
1962 Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC)
1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio
1960 Goon Show's final episode on BBC
1951 Nicholas Kenyon, controller, BBC Radio 3
1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
1949 BBC radio begins broadcasting
1949 Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman, BBC
1948 Gareth Roscoe, legal adviser, BBC
1946 John Harrison, South Africa correspondent, BBC
1942 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
1941 BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (...-) 5th of Beethoven
1940 Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers
1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
1938 David Willis, British journalist, BBC World Service
1938 BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)
1936 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London
1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC
1931 Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor, Ireland
1930 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult
1930 Jack Bannister, cricketer, Warwickshire stalwart, /commentator, BBC
1926 Richard F. Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist, BBC
1926 Gudrun Ure, British actress, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer
1923 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID
1922 BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas"
1922 BBC Radio began daily newscasts
1922 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1922 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms
1915 Maurice B. Latey, commentator, BBC World Service
1912 Brian Johnston, cricketer, BBC radio commentator and cake connoisseur
1909 John Arkell, director of administration, BBC
1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC
1904 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
1904 John Snagge, commentator, BBC
1889 John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st dir-gen BBC, 1927-38
1889 Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Sym Orch
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