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Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a televised address from the World's Fair in New York City
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The first television commercial, a 10-second ad for Bulova watches, airs. Bulova paid $9 for the spot that aired before a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies
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Candid Camera, marks the start of reality programming. Others shows such as Survivor, Big Brother and the Bachelor would lateemerge.
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Presidential candidate debate is televised
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featured as a leading character with his role in the spy series I Spy
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Black and white is gone. Colour TV is born
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600 million people around the globe tune in to watch the live broadcast of American astronaut Neil Armstrong take the first step on the surface of the moon
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All in the Family introduces audiences to the first gay character on television
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17 people die in the Black September attacks at the 1972 Munich Olympics
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750 million people around the world tune in to watch Lady Diana Spencer marry Prince Charles
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A devastating day
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Nick Cummins is the bachelor Australia