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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 Australia, 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 manager (Cleveland, 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. New Zealand, 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 New Zealand 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, New York - Chicago in 18 hours 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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