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🇺🇸On January 27, 1991, Whitney Houston sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV
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📺On March 27, 1976, ‘Schoolhouse Rock’s’ ‘I’m Just a Bill’ first aired on ABC
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📺DEBUT: 'Daria' premiered 27 years ago, March 3, 1997, on MTV
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Flintstones’ premiered 64 years ago, September 30, 1960, on ABC
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📺DEBUT: ‘In Living Color’ premiered 35 years ago, April 15, 1990, on Fox
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Flintstones’ premiered 63 years ago, September 30, 1960, on ABC
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📺DEBUT: The animated series 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' premiered 55 years ago, September 13, 1969, on CBS
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📺On June 20, 1980, 23-year-old Vanna White appeared as a contestant on the CBS game show ‘The Price Is Right’
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Rockford Files’ starring James Garner premiered as a TV movie 51 years ago, March 27, 1974, on NBC
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🦃1978 Retro Episode:. — A WKRP Thanksgiving promotion doesn’t go according to plan
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🇺🇸'As recent unfortunate events have demonstrated, we cannot be complacent about racism & bigotry. If someone, even a friend, uses an ugly word referring to another's race or religion, let's make it clear we won't put up with it.'.— President Ronald Reagan, January 15, 1987
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🎄On November 30, 1977, during Bing Crosby’s final Christmas special, Crosby sang ‘Little Drummer Boy’ in counterpoint to David Bowie’s ‘Peace on Earth’
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📺In 1999, Rue McClanahan made an appearance as Steve’s grandmother on ‘Blue’s Clues’
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📺On March 27, 1976, ‘Schoolhouse Rock’s’ ‘I’m Just a Bill’ first aired on ABC
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📺On November 17, 1973, 'Schoolhouse Rock's' 'Conjunction Junction' first aired on ABC
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📺DEBUT: ‘DuckTales’ premiered 36 years ago, September 18, 1987
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📺DEBUT: 'Inspector Gadget' premiered 41 years ago, September 12, 1983
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🎄On November 30, 1977, during Bing Crosby’s final Christmas special, Crosby sang ‘Little Drummer Boy’ in counterpoint to David Bowie’s ‘Peace on Earth’
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📺DEBUT: ‘In Living Color’ premiered 34 years ago, April 15, 1990, on Fox
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📺The series finale of ‘The Golden Girls’ aired 32 years ago, May 9, 1992, on NBC
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📺DEBUT: ‘Salute Your Shorts’ premiered as a regular weekly series 33 years ago, June 1, 1991, on Nickelodeon
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📺The series finale of 'Gilligan's Island' aired 58 years ago, April 17, 1967, on CBS
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In January 1978, William Shatner performed a spoken word rendition of the song ‘Rocket Man’ during the Saturn Awards
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📺DEBUT: Hanna-Barbera’s ‘Top Cat’ premiered 63 years ago, September 27, 1961, on ABC
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📺DEBUT: ‘CHiPs’ starring Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada premiered 47 years ago, September 15, 1977, on NBC
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ starring Lee Majors premiered as a regular weekly series 51 years ago, January 18, 1974, on ABC
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📺DEBUT: 'The Real Ghostbusters' premiered 38 years ago, September 13, 1986, on ABC
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On August 12, 1958, 57 jazz legends met in front of a Harlem brownstone, allowing Art Kane to take his iconic photo, 'A Great Day in Harlem'
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📺On May 8, 1993, motivational speaker Matt Foley, played by Chris Farley, made his first appearance on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’
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On January 3, 2000, Charles Schulz’s final daily ‘Peanuts’ comic strip was published
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‘The Playhouse will always be here for everyone to play in forever and ever and ever. On that, you have my word!’. — Pee-wee Herman (Last lines of the series finale of ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ November 17, 1990)
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📺On May 1, 2005, Fox debuted its ‘Animation Domination’ programming block
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📺DEBUT: 'Emergency!' premiered as a TV movie 53 years ago, January 15, 1972, on NBC
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📺DEBUT: 'Heathcliff' premiered 40 years ago, September 5, 1984
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📺DEBUT: ‘Kenan & Kel’ starring Kenan Thompson & Kel Mitchell premiered 25 years ago, July 15, 1996, on Nickelodeon
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📺DEBUT: 'Airwolf' starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine premiered 41 years ago, January 22, 1984, on CBS
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🗞On December 31, 1995, Bill Watterson published the final 'Calvin & Hobbes' comic strip
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📺DEBUT: The animated series 'Taz-Mania' premiered 33 years ago, September 1, 1991, on Fox
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🎄In December 1989, Hershey's first aired its ‘Christmas Bells’ Hershey’s Kisses commercial
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📺DEBUT: ‘Reading Rainbow’ hosted by LeVar Burton premiered 41 years ago, July 11, 1983, on PBS
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📺CBS Primetime, November 20, 1959:. — On 'The Twilight Zone,' a book lover finds himself alone with his books after a nuclear war
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📺DEBUT: 'The Fall Guy' starring Lee Majors, Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas premiered 43 years ago, October 28, 1981, on ABC
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📺On January 16, 1986, an excerpt of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech aired at the end of America’s number one prime time television program, ‘The Cosby Show,’ four days before the first federal observance of #MLKDay in the United States
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📺CBS Primetime, October 11, 1963: . — On 'The Twilight Zone,' a passenger, played by William Shatner, notices a hideous creature lurking outside the plane
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📺On April 27, 1994, Kimberly Shaw revealed a massive scar on her head at the end of the ‘Melrose Place’ episode, ‘The Bitch Is Back’
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🚬The first two seasons of 'The Flintstones' were co-sponsored by Winston cigarettes
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ premiered 46 years ago, January 26, 1979, on CBS
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🎃In October 1949, Disney’s ‘The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad’ was released
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📺DEBUT: The animated series ‘Jem’ premiered 39 years ago, October 6, 1985
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ premiered 45 years ago, January 26, 1979, on CBS
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📺DEBUT: ‘Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper’ starring Mark Curry, Holly Robinson Peete and Dawnn Lewis premiered 32 years ago, September 22, 1992, on ABC
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📺The series finale of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' aired 40 years ago, February 8, 1985, on CBS
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📺CBS Primetime, September 29, 1976:. — On ‘Good Times,’ Florida’s seeming lack of feeling following James’ passing baffles the children. Little do they know.
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📺NBC Primetime, April 5, 1990:. — On ‘The Cosby Show,’ Vanessa and her friends display bad judgment when they lie and deceive their way to Baltimore to see a concert behind their parents’ back
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📺DEBUT: ‘Hawaii Five-O’ starring Jack Lord premiered 56 years ago, September 26, 1968, on CBS
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📺DEBUT: 'V: The Series' premiered 40 years ago, October 26, 1984, on NBC
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Muppet Show’ premiered as a regular weekly series 48 years ago, September 5, 1976
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📺DEBUT: ‘Cheers’ premiered 41 years ago, September 30, 1982, on NBC
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📺DEBUT: 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse' premiered 38 years ago, September 13, 1986, on CBS
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🏒In December 1988, ‘Blades of Steel’ video game was released in the United States
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📺On May 8, 1993, motivational speaker Matt Foley, played by Chris Farley, made his first appearance on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’
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📺The series finale of 'A Different World' aired 31 years ago, May 8, 1993, on NBC
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🎬According to the Cubs game footage shown in the 1986 movie, Ferris Bueller would have taken his day off 38 years ago today, June 5, 1985
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On January 10, 1982, Paul Lynde died at the age of 55
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📺DEBUT: The animated series 'Hong Kong Phooey' premiered 50 years ago, September 7, 1974, on ABC
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📺DEBUT: ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ premiered 49 years ago, September 9, 1975, on ABC
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📺On October 15, 1987, Bob Barker appeared on ‘The Price is Right’ for the first time with his natural gray hair. The audience gave Barker a minute-long standing ovation
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📺On April 8, 1977, Ed McMahon appeared intoxicated on ‘The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson’ after having a few too many adult beverages at lunch
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ starring Nicholas Hammond premiered 47 years ago, April 5, 1978, on CBS
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📺The series finale of ‘Sanford and Son’ aired 48 years ago, March 25, 1977, on NBC
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In 1992, the iconic ‘Jazz’ design for disposable cups was introduced in the United States
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📺DEBUT: The animated series ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ premiered 41 years ago, September 17, 1983, on NBC
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📺NBC Primetime, April 5, 1990:. — On ‘The Cosby Show,’ Vanessa and her friends display bad judgment when they lie and deceive their way to Baltimore to see a concert behind their parents’ back
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📺DEBUT: 'Thundarr the Barbarian' premiered 44 years ago, October 4, 1980, on ABC
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Muppet Show’ premiered as a regular weekly series 47 years ago, September 1976
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📺DEBUT: ‘The George Michael Sports Machine’ premiered 40 years ago, September 2, 1984
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📺DEBUT: 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero' premiered 41 years ago, September 12, 1983
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📺DEBUT: ‘The Golden Girls’ premiered 39 years ago, September 14, 1985, on NBC
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📺DEBUT: 'The Munsters' premiered 60 years ago, September 24, 1964, on CBS.
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📺The series finale of ‘The Golden Girls’ aired 33 years ago, May 9, 1992, on NBC .
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🎬 ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ premiered in theaters 34 years ago, March 30, 1990
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On September 11, 1977, the Atari 2600 home video game console was released in North America
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📺DEBUT: 'What's Happening!!' premiered 47 years ago, August 5, 1976, on ABC
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📺DEBUT: ‘Magnum, P.I.’ starring Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley and Larry Manetti premiered 43 years ago, December 11, 1980, on CBS
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🎬'The Land Before Time' premiered in theaters 29 years ago today, November 18, 1988
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On May 22, 1980, Namco released the arcade game, ‘Pac-Man’
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