Ivan Velazquez: The number of people who could see historical events as they happened.Every scifi writer had us landing on the moon.None had the world watching them on television.
Bettye Arre: 1990s Historical Events
Donald Caravalho: From 1950 to 1969 the Impact of television was incredible.The daily field coverage of the Vietnam War.The moon landing & Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon 1969The whole Army-McCarthy hearings thing.The Tournament of Roses Parade becomes the first event televised nationally in color, 1954.1956 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.1957 - Little Rock, Arkansas school desegregation1964 - The Beatles arrive in the U.S., and subsequent appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, Watts Riot in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, 1965Police clashes with anti-war protesters in Chicago, the 1968 Democratic National Convention 1968.All the Civil Rights activity, the assassination of Kennedy and King, The Woodstock F! estival, the Kent State shootings, Detroit Race Riot .....there was just so much.And even though it all happened here in the US, it had a huge impact around the world....Show more
Robt Betker: Well, Television probably got JFK elected. Everyone who watched the debate between him and Nixon felt that JFK had won the debate and everyone who heard the debate on the radio said that Nixon had won the debate "hands down and walking away".
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