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1993
General Motors sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
1992
"Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
1992
CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"
1989
"Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City)
1988
New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
1983
Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
1982
TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system
1980
ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"
1978
French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%)
1972
"Waltons" TV program premieres
1966
Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program
1964
1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
1962
US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program
1962
1st Europe-U.S. live TV program (via Telstar)
1956
1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0
1955
"Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
1954
Walt Disney's 1st television program, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC
1954
1st FORTRAN computer program run
1954
Michael W. Butler, computer programmer, created TODAY program
1950
1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
1950
FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
1949
President Truman announces his point 4 program
1948
1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
1948
President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
1945
1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log
1945
President Truman ends Lend-Lease program
1938
U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program authorized
1936
RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy)
1935
1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
1932
Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program
1931
Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
1931
Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field
1922
Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program
1920
Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1920
Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in New York City
1920
Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader, Jack Paar Program
1919
1st Dutch radio program: Soiree Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel"
1913
Maurice Wilkes, inventor, stored program concept for computers
1866
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice and music
1829
Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate
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