
A laugh track is used in a TV show for the first time - September 9th, 1950
On this day in 1950, the laugh track made its TV debut on “The Hank McCune Show.”
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On this day in 1950, the laugh track made its TV debut on “The Hank McCune Show.”

On this day in 1899, Carnation evaporated milk was produced for the first time in Kent, Washington.

On this day in 1991, a group of AIDS activists draped a giant, inflatable condom over the home of North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms.

On this day in 1833, a 10-year-old boy named Barney Flaherty took a job as America’s first newsboy.

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On this day in 1963, the first message was sent on the Moscow-to-Washington hotline.

On this day in 1914, the Women’s Defense Relief Corps was established in Britain.

On this day in 1830, American engineer Peter Cooper raced his "Tom Thumb” locomotive against a horse-drawn railroad car.

On this day in 1955, the first copies of “The Guinness Book of Records” were printed and distributed for free in pubs across England and Ire...

On this day in 1939, the first televised professional baseball game was broadcast from an experimental TV station in New York City.

On this day in 1784, four counties in western North Carolina declared their independence as the State of Franklin.

On this day in 1929, the animated short “The Skeleton Dance” held its official premiere at the Roxy Theatre in New York City.

On this day in 1883, three powerful tornadoes wreaked havoc in southeast Minnesota.

On this day in 1977, a NASA rocket launched the Voyager 2 space probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

On this day in 1791, American author and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a 1,400-word letter to Thomas Jefferson, challenging his views o...

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On this day in 1843, the Tivoli Gardens amusement park opened its gates for the first time.

On this day in 1911, pioneering Black journalist Ethel Lois Payne was born in Chicago, Illinois.

On this day in 1913, according to German legend, a circus performer named Otto Witte conned his way onto the Albanian throne.
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