1985 Event 1st live telecast of Easter Parade 1983 Event 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade 1968 Event 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7) 1959 Event 1st telecast transmitted from England to U.S. 1955 Event 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba 1955 Event 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) 1954 Event 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City 1954 Event Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1953 Event 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City) 1953 Event 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts 1953 Event 1st U.S. telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY 1952 Event 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event 1951 Event 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS) 1951 Event 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC 1951 Event 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) 1951 Event 1st telecast of atomic explosion 1948 Event San Francisco receives its 1st telecast 1948 Event 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC 1947 Event 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC 1943 Event 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York 1943 Event 1st missing persons telecast (New York City) 1940 Event 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci 1940 Event 1st U.S. telecast from an airplane, New York City 1940 Event 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, New York City 1938 Event 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York 1938 Event 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God" 1932 Event 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1931 Event 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) 1930 Event 1st religious services telecast in U.S. (W2XBS New York City)
