2015 Event A pending merger between telecommunication giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable is canceled after regulators indicate that there are concerns regarding competitive and public interest issues 2015 Event Apple will begin a web TV service in September, carrying broadcast networks such as CBS, Fox and ABC; the service will offer 25 channels and will likely cost less than current cable television packages 2015 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station complete a tricky cable installation project to prepare for addition of docking ports; the ports will be able to receive manned commercial space capsules such as those launched by SpaceX and Boeing 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
