Categories - Popular Culture

  1. The 1939 World’s Fair Introduces Regular U.S. Television Service
  2. 60 Minutes Becomes the First Televised Newsmagazine
  3. ABC Begins Its Own Network Television Service
  4. Agatha Christie
  5. Alfred Hitchcock
  6. All in the Family Introduces a New Style of Television Comedy
  7. All Quiet on the Western Front Stresses the Futility of War
  8. Allen’s Annie Hall Captures Complexities of 1970’s Life
  9. Amahl and the Night Visitors Premieres on American Television
  10. American Science Fiction Enjoys Its Golden Age
  11. Annie Oakley
  12. Apocalypse Now Is Hailed as the Ultimate Vietnam War Film
  13. The Art of Radio Develops from Early Broadcast Experience
  14. Barbara Walters
  15. Barnum’s Circus Forms
  16. The BBC Begins Television Broadcasting
  17. The Beatles
  18. The Beatles Release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  19. The Beatles Revolutionize Popular Music
  20. Benny Goodman
  21. Berkeley’s 42nd Street Revolutionizes Film Musicals
  22. Berry’s “Maybellene” Popularizes Rock and Roll
  23. Bessie Smith
  24. Billie Holiday
  25. Billy Graham
  26. The Birth of a Nation Popularizes New Film Techniques
  27. Black Sox Scandal
  28. Bonanza Becomes an American Television Classic
  29. The British Broadcasting Corporation Is Chartered
  30. Buñuel and Dalí Champion Surrealism in Un Chien andalou
  31. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Opens in Berlin
  32. The Cable News Network Debuts
  33. Cable Television Rises to Challenge Network Television
  34. Capra Releases It’s a Wonderful Life
  35. Captain Kangaroo Debuts
  36. Casablanca Marks the Artistic Apex of 1940’s War-Themed Films
  37. Cecil B. DeMille
  38. Chaplin Produces His Masterpiece The Gold Rush
  39. Charles Chaplin
  40. The Civil War Rivets the Attention of the United States
  41. The Classic Screwball Comedy Reaches Its Height in Popularity
  42. The Classic The Wizard of Oz Opens
  43. Cohan’s Little Johnny Jones Premieres
  44. Cole Porter
  45. Compact Disc Players Are Introduced
  46. Compact Discs Reach the Market
  47. Coppola Revives Gangster Films with The Godfather Trilogy
  48. The Cosby Show Makes Television History
  49. Dallas Popularizes the Prime-time Soap Opera
  50. Dean Becomes a Legend in Rebel Without a Cause