Categories - Popular Culture
- The 1939 World’s Fair Introduces Regular U.S. Television Service
- 60 Minutes Becomes the First Televised Newsmagazine
- ABC Begins Its Own Network Television Service
- Agatha Christie
- Alfred Hitchcock
- All in the Family Introduces a New Style of Television Comedy
- All Quiet on the Western Front Stresses the Futility of War
- Allen’s Annie Hall Captures Complexities of 1970’s Life
- Amahl and the Night Visitors Premieres on American Television
- American Science Fiction Enjoys Its Golden Age
- Annie Oakley
- Apocalypse Now Is Hailed as the Ultimate Vietnam War Film
- The Art of Radio Develops from Early Broadcast Experience
- Barbara Walters
- Barnum’s Circus Forms
- The BBC Begins Television Broadcasting
- The Beatles
- The Beatles Release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Beatles Revolutionize Popular Music
- Benny Goodman
- Berkeley’s 42nd Street Revolutionizes Film Musicals
- Berry’s “Maybellene” Popularizes Rock and Roll
- Bessie Smith
- Billie Holiday
- Billy Graham
- The Birth of a Nation Popularizes New Film Techniques
- Black Sox Scandal
- Bonanza Becomes an American Television Classic
- The British Broadcasting Corporation Is Chartered
- Buñuel and Dalí Champion Surrealism in Un Chien andalou
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Opens in Berlin
- The Cable News Network Debuts
- Cable Television Rises to Challenge Network Television
- Capra Releases It’s a Wonderful Life
- Captain Kangaroo Debuts
- Casablanca Marks the Artistic Apex of 1940’s War-Themed Films
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Chaplin Produces His Masterpiece The Gold Rush
- Charles Chaplin
- The Civil War Rivets the Attention of the United States
- The Classic Screwball Comedy Reaches Its Height in Popularity
- The Classic The Wizard of Oz Opens
- Cohan’s Little Johnny Jones Premieres
- Cole Porter
- Compact Disc Players Are Introduced
- Compact Discs Reach the Market
- Coppola Revives Gangster Films with The Godfather Trilogy
- The Cosby Show Makes Television History
- Dallas Popularizes the Prime-time Soap Opera
- Dean Becomes a Legend in Rebel Without a Cause
