March 24 - Live TV pictures from US unmanned moon probe " Ranger 9Ranger 9 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried six television vidicon cameras, 2 wide angle (channel F, ca" transmitted prior to impact.
April 21April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). There are 254 days remaining. Events 753 BC Romulus founds Rome ( traditional). 43 BC Mark Antony is defeated in battle by consul Hirtius in the Battle of Mutina, who i - The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys pop group of the 1960s whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. They were led for much of their career by singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson. They group was formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by brothers Carl, Den appear on Shindig!Shindig was the name of a music variety show which was aired every week on the American ABC network from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. At the beginning, the show aired for a half-hour every week, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In th performing their most recent hit, "Do You Wanna Dance?".
SeptemberSeptember is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. The name comes from the Latin septem for " seven" September was originally the seventh month of the year, before January and February were inserted. In Greek civilization, S - CBSCBS Columbia Broadcasting System is a major radio and television network in the United States. CBS was one of the three commercial television networks that dominated broadcasting in the United States before the rise of cable television. In the days of rad switches to the color standard, with a new color ident and jingle, informing the viewers that "CBS presents this program in color".
September 12September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). There are 110 days remaining. Events 490 BC Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon 1213 Peter II of Aragon, the king of Aragon, died at the Battle of Muret. 1609 Henry Hudson discov - The BeatlesThe Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, " I Want To Hold Your Hand". The Beatles were one of the most influential music groups of the rock era. Initially they affected the post appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing songs from their new album Help!.
The War Game, a drama-documentary by director Peter Watkins depicting the events of a fictional nuclear attack on the United Kingdom, is controversially pulled from its planned transmission in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand. The BBC has been pressured into this move by the government, who do not wish much of the play's content to be made public. It is eventually released to cinemas, and wins the 1966Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The BBC finally screens the play in the 1980s.