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1920 KDKA Broadcasts the Election Results
Pittsburgh station KDKA reports the Harding-Cox presidential election live, the start of commercial radio broadcasting.
1936 BBC Starts Regular Television Service
The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service from Alexandra Palace in London.
1947 The Spruce Goose Makes Its Only Flight
Howard Hughes lifts his giant flying boat, the H-4 Hercules, off the water for its one and only flight.
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1938 The War of the Worlds Broadcast
Orson Welles airs a Martian invasion as fake news bulletins on CBS radio. Some listeners believe it.
1961 Tsar Bomba Is Tested
The USSR sets off the largest bomb ever, about 50 megatons, over Novaya Zemlya.
1974 The Rumble in the Jungle
In Kinshasa, Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round and regains the heavyweight title.