1998 Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down02930301
1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
1997 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards
1996 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards
1996 "Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey is released
1995 "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki
1995 US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations
1995 17th ACE Cable Awards
1995 Cable News Network joins internet
1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
1995 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards
1994 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network
1994 FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts
1994 15th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10
1993 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards
1992 1st overturn of a George Bush veto (cable bill)
1992 Cartoon Cable Network premieres
1992 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates
1992 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards
1991 Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes
1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens
1991 12th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 25 awards
1991 AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable
1990 Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1990 Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1990 "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1990 11th ACE Cable Awards
1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
1989 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 35 awards
1988 9th ACE Cable Awards
1985 Nostalgia Television begins on cable
1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV
1983 TNN, The Nashville Network, begins on Cable TV
1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
1980 Bravo network premieres on cable TV
1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
1969 Kitty G, [Katia Geiger], Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress
1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone
1967 Tawni Cable, Salem, Oregon, playmate, June 1989
1965 Ben Stiller, New York City, actor, Ben Stiller Show, Next of Kin, Cable Guy
1964 San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark
1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (SF)
1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used
1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)
1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1936 Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1931 Coaxial cable patented
1929 Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
1925 George Washington Cable, American Novelist
1903 Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message
1903 San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
1902 Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US
1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia
1884 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
1878 California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service
1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street
1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
1873 San Francisco's 1st cable car begins service
1873 Construction begins on Clay St. (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad
1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
1866 Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria
1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)
1865 Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost
1858 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
1858 Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable
1844 George W. Cable, American writer, Northampton Years
1844 George Washington Cable, American Novelist
1836 Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor, cable car
1819 Cyrus West Field, financier/success of 1st transatlantic cable
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