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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. ABC Makes a Landmark Deal with Disney
5. Abstract Painting in America Opens in New York
6. AFL and CIO Merge
7. The AFL and CIO Merge
8. Agnes de Mille Choreographs Rodeo
9. Ailey Founds His Dance Company
10. Air Traffic Controllers Declare a Strike
11. Alcoa Is Found in Violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act
12. Algonquians “Sell” Manhattan Island
13. Allen’s Annie Hall Captures Complexities of 1970’s Life
14. America Online Agrees to Buy Time Warner
15. The American Civil Liberties Union is Founded
16. The American Dream Establishes Albee as the Voice of Pessimism
17. The American Management Association Is Established
18. Anti-Defamation League Is Founded
19. Armory Show
20. The Armstrong Committee Examines the Insurance Industry
21. Armstrong Perfects FM Radio
22. ASCAP Forms to Protect Writers and Publishers of Music
23. ASCAP Is Founded to Protect Musicians’ Rights
24. Assassination of Malcolm X
25. The AT&T Building Exemplifies Postmodernism
26. The Audubon Society Opens Its New Headquarters Building
27. The Autobiography of Malcolm X Is Published
28. Avant-garde Art in the Armory Show Shocks American Viewers
29. Balanchine and Kirstein Make New York a World Center for Ballet
30. Baldwin Voices Black Rage in The Fire Next Time
31. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Finds New Leadership
32. The Bank of United States Fails
33. Baraka’s Dutchman Dramatizes Racial Hatred
34. Barnum’s Circus Forms
35. Baryshnikov Becomes Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre
36. Battle of White Plains
37. The Beat Movement Rejects Mainstream Values
38. Bell Atlantic and TCI Announce Merger Plans
39. Bell Labs Is Formed
40. Berle and Means Discuss Corporate Control
41. Bernstein Joins Symphonic and Jazz Elements in West Side Story
42. Berry’s “Maybellene” Popularizes Rock and Roll
43. Bessie Smith Records “Downhearted Blues”
44. Billie Holiday Begins Her Recording Career
45. The Birth of a Nation Popularizes New Film Techniques
46. Black Nationalist Leader Malcolm X Is Assassinated
47. The Boeing 707 Begins Commercial Service
48. The Book-of-the-Month Club and The Literary Guild Are Founded
49. Breuer Designs a Building for the Whitney Museum
50. Brooklyn Bridge Opens