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1995 Laverne and Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised 1988 Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match 1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1985 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised 1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time 1976 "Gone With the Wind" televised 1975 1st televised kidney transplant on the Today Show 1966 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC) 1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy) 1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV) 1956 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast 1956 "King Kong," 1st televised 1955 Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised 1954 Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends 1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began 1953 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) 1952 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo) 1952 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing 1951 1st televised opera (Amahl and Night Visitor) 1951 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game 1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) 1948 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City) 1948 NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of week 1948 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 1948 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman 1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised 1940 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1940 1st televised basketball game (University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University, 50-37) 1940 1st televised (W2XBS, New York City) hockey game (Rangers vs. Canadians) 1939 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City) 1939 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer 1928 1st televised tennis match 1926 Weather map televised for 1st time

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