2013 Event The biggest version of Boeing's Dreamliner plane, the 787-10, debuts at the Paris Air show; over 100 orders, worth over $30 billion, are placed 1996 Event Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) 1996 Event After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin 1995 Event Windows 95 debuts 1995 Event David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy) 1994 Event FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts 1994 Event "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV 1993 Event "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV 1992 Event "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV 1991 Event "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV 1991 Event Seinfeld debuts on NBC-TV 1990 Event Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles 1990 Event Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV 1989 Event "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV 1989 Event "Tales From The Crypt," TV Anthology, debuts on HBO 1988 Event "Morton Downey, Jr. Show," debuts in TV syndication 1987 Event "thirtysomething," debuts on ABC-TV 1987 Event "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV 1986 Event "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS 1985 Event "Amazing Stories," by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV 1985 Event "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV 1985 Event New Coke debuts 1985 Event Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) 1984 Event Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles 1983 Event Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance" 1982 Event "Late Night With David Letterman," debuts on NBC-TV 1981 Event CNN Headline News debuts 1981 Event "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV 1980 Event "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime 1979 Event Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland and steals his 1st base 1979 Event "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC 1978 Event "Flying High," debuts on CBS 1977 Event Movie "Star Wars" debuts 1977 Event Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown 1976 Event Wonder Woman debuts on ABC 1976 Event Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts 1976 Event "Alice," debuts on CBS-TV 1976 Event "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV 1976 Event "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC) 1975 Event "Three For Money," debuts on NBC-TV 1975 Event Cleveland's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0 1975 Event Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3) 1975 Event "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV 1974 Event "Good Times," debuts on CBS TV 1973 Event "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV 1971 Event "McMillan and Wife," debuts on NBC-TV 1970 Event "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers 1970 Event "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV 1970 Event Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky 1970 Event Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio 1970 Event "Ray Stevens Show," debuts on NBC-TV 1969 Event "Bright Promise," TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV 1969 Event "Letters To Laugh-In," debuts on NBC-TV 1969 Event "Name Droppers," debuts on NBC-TV 1969 Event "Sale Of Century," debuts on NBC-TV 1969 Event "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV 1969 Event "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV 1969 Event King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts 1969 Event "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV 1969 Event "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly 1969 Event Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts 1967 Event "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS) 1966 Event "Rowan and Martin Show," debuts on NBC-TV 1966 Event Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts 1964 Event Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV 1964 Event WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland 1964 Event Rolling Stones 1st U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts 1964 Event GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy 1963 Event "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV 1963 Event "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England 1963 Event "Judy Garland Show," debuts on CBS-TV 1963 Event "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV 1963 Event "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV 1963 Event "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV 1963 Event Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 1962 Event "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn 1962 Event "Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show," debuts on ABC-TV 1962 Event "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV 1962 Event Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City 1961 Event South Africa vs. New Zealand, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock 1961 Event "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV 1961 Event "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV 1961 Event ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts 1960 Event "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV 1960 Event "Outlaws," TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV 1960 Event 1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie, Illinois 1960 Event San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies 1960 Event Juan Marichal debuts as San Francisco Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter 1960 Event Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard" 1960 Event Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts 1959 Event "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC 1959 Event "Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis," debuts on CBS-TV 1959 Event "Philip Marlowe," debuts on ABC-TV 1959 Event "Hennesey," debuts on CBS-TV 1958 Event TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts 1958 Event "Texan," debuts on CBS-TV 1958 Event Test Cricket debuts against New Zealand for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row 1957 Event Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY 1957 Event "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS 1957 Event "DuPont Show of the Month," debuts on CBS-TV 1957 Event "Paul Winchell Show," debuts on ABC-TV 1957 Event "Gisele MacKenzie Show," debuts on NBC-TV 1956 Event "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV 1956 Event "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC 1956 Event "Oh! Susanna," debuts on CBS-TV 1956 Event Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One 1955 Event Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!" 1955 Event "Sergeant Preston," debuts on CBS 1955 Event "Johnny Carson Show," debuts on CBS-TV 1955 Event "Julius LaRosa Show," debuts on CBS-TV 1955 Event "Scrabble" debuts on board game market 1954 Event Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros 1953 Event "Buick-Berle Show," debuts on NBC-TV 1952 Event "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host 1952 Event Mad Magazine debuts 1952 Event "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV 1951 Event "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV 1951 Event TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS 1951 Event "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV 1951 Event Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV 1951 Event "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV 1950 Event "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts 1949 Event "Front Page," debuts on CBS-TV 1949 Event "Inside USA With Chevrolet," debuts on CBS-TV 1949 Event "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 1948 Event Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleveland 1948 Event Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher 1946 Event "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio 1946 Event Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show 1946 Event Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals 1946 Event Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon 1945 Event Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" 1944 Event Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention 1943 Event Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" 1942 Event Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties" 1942 Event "Archie" comic book debuts 1941 Event Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly debuts on NBC 1940 Event Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock" 1940 Event Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare" 1939 Event Comic strip "Superman" debuts 1938 Event Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network 1936 Event Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am) 1936 Event "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts 1935 Event "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio 1934 Event "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts 1932 Event "Make Mine Music," debuts 1932 Event Jack Benny debuts on radio 1932 Event "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts 1931 Event Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts 1931 Event Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager 1930 Event Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy" 1930 Event Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons 1930 Event Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes 1929 Event Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF 1929 Event "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio 1928 Event Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie" 1928 Event "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) 1926 Event Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts 1924 Event Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts 1924 Event Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate vs. South Africa 1923 Event "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts 1923 Event Time magazine debuts 1920 Event Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn 1914 Event "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts 1914 Event Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3 1914 Event Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice" 1910 Event "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal 1907 Event Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit 1906 Event Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's 1906 Event New York Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs 1905 Event Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world, New York - Chicago in 18 hours 1903 Event Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs 1897 Event Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher) 1896 Event "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt 1881 Event Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts 1879 Event Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater New York City 1873 Event P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City) 1832 Event 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets 1795 Event Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna 1715 Event French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
