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Mar 22
Harry Belafonte Returns to TV
Mar. 22, 1964 - Harry Belafonte (pictured right with Sidney Poitier), who has been turning down guest appearances, will be on television...
Jun 30, 2023
Negro Actress Given Featured Role on CBS’s “East Side, West Side”
June 30, 1963 - Cicely Tyson (pictured left with George C. Scott and Elizabeth Wilson) has been given a featured role in “East Side, West...
Dec 10, 2021
Sales of Color TVs Surging
Dec. 10, 1961 - RCA announced this weekend that the dollar volume of factory shipments of its color televisions in November exceeded that...
Aug 18, 2021
Sixteen Percent Increase in Yankee Viewership on WPIX
Aug. 18, 1961 - The Mickey Mantle-Roger Maris home run derby apparently has stimulated viewing of the Yankees' baseball telecasts over...
Jul 5, 2021
Inventor Lee De Forest Dead at 87
July 1, 1961 - Dr. Lee De Forest, inventor and early pioneer in radio and the development of sound-on-film recording used in motion...
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