Evolutionof the sports and entertainment marketing industry

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1500	Introduction of outdoor entertainment (music, dancing, bowling)
01/01/1700	Introduction of outdoor entertainment (music, dancing, bowling)
01/01/1858	fans paid to attend a baseball game	fans paid to attend a baseball game
01/01/1906	(NCAA) was officially formed to govern collegiate athletics.
01/01/1919	Development of recording of sound on motion picture film.
01/01/1920	First commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts
01/01/1926	RCA established the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
01/01/1927	Farnsworth transmits first electronic television picture; receives patent.
01/01/1927	The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) is founded
01/01/1929	Great Depression closing nearly three-fourths of amusement parks.
01/01/1934	Lou Gehrig appeared on a Wheaties box.
01/01/1939	First television is sold
01/01/1943	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed
01/01/1948	Televisions are in over one million homes
01/01/1949	Babe Didrickson Zaharias signs endorsement contract for $100,000
01/01/1951	Color television is introduced.
01/01/1955	Disneyland in Anaheim, California opens costing $17 million
01/01/1960	Over 100 million television sets are in homes around the world.
02/01/1964	Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports.
01/01/1971	The Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Orlando opens
01/01/1972	equal access to educational opportunities for men and women
01/01/1973	naming rights to the buffalo bills stadium $60,000/a year
01/01/1980	US boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow
01/01/1980	Prince Charles and Diana Spencer are married on television
01/01/1981	First IBM Personal Computers are available for retail sales
01/01/1981	MTV debuts
01/01/1982	Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells 20 million albums
01/01/1983	First compact disc is released
02/01/1984	The Olympics becomes commercialized
01/01/1985	Nintendo home entertainment system is introduced
01/01/1989	Time and Warner merge to become Time Warner Inc
01/01/1995	First television program delivered via the Internet (webcast)
02/01/1996	Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed.
01/01/1997	Princess Diana is killed in an automobile accident