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Introduction of outdoor entertainment including bowling, primitive amusement rides, music and dancing.
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Fans paid to attend a baseball game between two teams in the New York City area at Fashion Rack Course in Queens.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was officially formed to govern collegiate athletics.
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Development of recording of sound on motion picture film.
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First commercial radio stations with regularly scheduled broadcasts.
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RCA established the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Farnsworth transmits first electronic television picture; receives patent.
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The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) is founded.
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The Stock Market Crash leads to the Great Depression closing nearly three-fourths of amusement parks.
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Lou Gehrig appeared on a Wheaties box.
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First television is sold
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed due to many Major League Baseball players serving in WWII.
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Televisions are in over one million homes.
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Wilson Sporting Goods signed golfer Babe Didrickson Zaharias to an endorsement contract for $100,000 per year.
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Color television is introduced.
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Disneyland in Anaheim, California opens costing $17 million to build.
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Over 100 million television sets are in homes around the world.
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Six Flags opens in Texas
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Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports. In 1972, the name is changed to Nike.
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The Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens costing $375 million the build
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Title IX is enacted, mandating equal access to educational opportunities for men and women.
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Rich Foods pays $60,000/year for the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills football stadium.
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The US boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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CNN, the first all news network, is launched by Turner Cable Network
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Prince Charles and Diana Spencer are married on international television
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First IBM Personal Computers are available for retail sales
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MTV debuts
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Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells 20 million albums
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First compact disc is released
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The Olympics becomes commercialized. Peter Ueberoth helps to make the Olympics profitable.
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Nintendo home entertainment system is introduced
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Time and Warner merge to become Time Warner Inc.
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First television program delivered via the Internet (webcast)
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Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed.
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Princess Diana is killed in an automobile accident