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1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade

1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade

1968 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7)

1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to U.S.

1955 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba

1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)

1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City

1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)

1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City)

1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts

1953 1st U.S. telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY

1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event

1951 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS)

1951 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC

1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)

1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion

1948 San Francisco receives its 1st telecast

1948 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC

1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC

1943 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York

1943 1st missing persons telecast (New York City)

1940 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci

1940 1st U.S. telecast from an airplane, New York City

1940 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, New York City

1938 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York

1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God"

1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City

1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)

1930 1st religious services telecast in U.S. (W2XBS New York City)


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