1996 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
1995 Windows 95 debuts
1995 David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy)
1994 FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts
1994 "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV
1993 "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV
1992 "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV
1991 "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV
1991 Seinfeld debuts on NBC-TV
1990 Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles
1990 Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV
1989 "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
1989 "Tales From The Crypt," TV Anthology, debuts on HBO
1988 "Morton Downey, Jr. Show," debuts in TV syndication
1987 "thirtysomething," debuts on ABC-TV
1987 "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV
1986 "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS
1985 "Amazing Stories," by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV
1985 "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
1985 New Coke debuts
1985 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
1984 Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1983 Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"
1982 "Late Night With David Letterman," debuts on NBC-TV
1981 CNN Headline News debuts
1981 "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV
1980 "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime
1979 Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland and steals his 1st base
1979 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
1978 "Flying High," debuts on CBS
1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts
1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown
1976 Wonder Woman debuts on ABC
1976 Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts
1976 "Alice," debuts on CBS-TV
1976 "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1976 "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1975 "Three For Money," debuts on NBC-TV
1975 Cleveland's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0
1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats New York 5-3)
1975 "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV
1974 "Good Times," debuts on CBS TV
1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
1971 "McMillan and Wife," debuts on NBC-TV
1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1970 "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV
1970 Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
1970 Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1970 "Ray Stevens Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Bright Promise," TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Letters To Laugh-In," debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Name Droppers," debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Sale Of Century," debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
1969 "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts
1969 "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV
1969 "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly
1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
1967 "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS)
1966 "Rowan and Martin Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1966 Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
1964 WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland
1964 Rolling Stones 1st U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts
1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy
1963 "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV
1963 "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
1963 "Judy Garland Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1963 "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV
1963 "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1963 "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training
1962 "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn
1962 "Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1962 "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV
1962 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
1961 South Africa vs. NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock
1961 "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV
1961 "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts
1960 "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
1960 "Outlaws," TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV
1960 1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie, Illinois
1960 San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies
1960 Juan Marichal debuts as San Francisco Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter
1960 Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts
1959 "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC
1959 "Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis," debuts on CBS-TV
1959 "Philip Marlowe," debuts on ABC-TV
1959 "Hennesey," debuts on CBS-TV
1958 TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts
1958 "Texan," debuts on CBS-TV
1958 Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row
1957 Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY
1957 "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
1957 "DuPont Show of the Month," debuts on CBS-TV
1957 "Paul Winchell Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1957 "Gisele MacKenzie Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1956 "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV
1956 "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC
1956 "Oh! Susanna," debuts on CBS-TV
1956 Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One
1955 Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
1955 "Sergeant Preston," debuts on CBS
1955 "Johnny Carson Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1955 "Julius LaRosa Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1954 Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros
1953 "Buick-Berle Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1952 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
1952 Mad Magazine debuts
1952 "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV
1951 "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV
1951 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
1951 "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1951 Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV
1951 "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV
1950 "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts
1949 "Front Page," debuts on CBS-TV
1949 "Inside USA With Chevrolet," debuts on CBS-TV
1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950
1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleveland
1948 Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher
1946 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
1946 Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
1946 Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals
1946 Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon
1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
1944 Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention
1943 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
1942 Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"
1942 "Archie" comic book debuts
1941 Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly debuts on NBC
1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
1940 Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"
1939 Comic strip "Superman" debuts
1938 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network
1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)
1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
1935 "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
1932 "Make Mine Music," debuts
1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio
1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts
1931 Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
1931 Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager
1930 Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy"
1930 Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
1930 Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
1929 "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
1928 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie"
1928 "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1926 Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts
1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts
1924 Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate vs. South Africa
1923 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts
1923 Time magazine debuts
1920 Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn
1914 "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts
1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3
1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal
1907 Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit
1906 Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's
1906 New York Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs
1905 Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1903 Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs
1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)
1896 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt
1881 Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts
1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater New York City
1873 P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City)
1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets
1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
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