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2011 Event - An undersea fiber-optic cable arrives in Cuba, linking it to Venezuela. Venezuela offered to help Cuba speed its internet connection when the U.S. refused

2010 Event - U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal a cable from Hillary Clinton accusing Saudi Arabia's rich of being the largest source of funding for Sunni terrorist groups

2010 Event - Six Venezuelan cable television channels are taken off the air by the Venezuelan government after refusing to transmit government messages

1998 Event - Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down02930301

1998 Event - U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20

1997 Event - 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards

1996 Event - 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards

1996 Event - "Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey is released

1995 Event - "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki

1995 Event - U.S. Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations

1995 Event - 17th ACE Cable Awards

1995 Event - Cable News Network joins internet

1995 Event - Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV

1995 Event - 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards

1994 Event - Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network

1994 Event - FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts

1994 Event - 15th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10

1993 Event - 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards

1992 Event - 1st overturn of a George Bush veto (cable bill)

1992 Event - Cartoon Cable Network premieres

1992 Event - House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates

1992 Event - 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards

1991 Event - Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes

1991 Event - Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens

1991 Event - 12th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 25 awards

1991 Event - AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable

1990 Event - Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting

1990 Event - Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting

1990 Event - "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting

1990 Event - 11th ACE Cable Awards

1990 Event - Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV

1990 Event - FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs

1989 Event - 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 35 awards

1988 Event - 9th ACE Cable Awards

1985 Event - Nostalgia Television begins on cable

1983 Event - Nashville Network begins on cable TV

1983 Event - TNN, The Nashville Network, begins on Cable TV

1982 Event - SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month

1980 Event - Bravo network premieres on cable TV

1980 Event - 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network

1980 Event - Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting

1969 Birthday - Kitty G, Katia Geiger, Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress

1968 Event - Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone

1967 Birthday - Tawni Cable, Salem, Oregon, playmate, June 1989

1965 Birthday - Ben Stiller, New York City, actor, Ben Stiller Show, Next of Kin, Cable Guy

1964 Event - San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark

1957 Event - Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (SF)

1956 Event - 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)

1956 Event - Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used

1956 Event - 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)

1956 Event - Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service

1937 Event - Plow for laying submarine cable patented

1936 Event - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use

1931 Event - Coaxial cable patented

1929 Event - Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places

1925 Death - George Washington Cable, American Novelist

1903 Event - Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message

1903 Event - San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use

1902 Event - Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US

1900 Event - Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer

1886 Event - Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia

1884 Event - 1st steam cable trams start in highgate

1878 Event - California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service

1876 Event - California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise

1873 Event - Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street

1873 Event - 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones

1873 Event - San Francisco's 1st cable car begins service

1873 Event - Construction begins on Clay St. (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad

1871 Event - 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)

1866 Event - Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria

1866 Event - Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)

1865 Event - Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost

1858 Event - 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month

1858 Event - Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable

1844 Birthday - George W. Cable, American writer, Northampton Years

1844 Birthday - George Washington Cable, American Novelist

1836 Birthday - Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor, cable car

1819 Birthday - Cyrus West Field, financier/success of 1st transatlantic cable













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