Season 1 of 'New York Undercover' ran for 26 episodes. (c)The Source
On This Day In 1994, 'New York Undercover' debuted on Fox.
Created and Produced by Dick Wolf, the first season of the series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams, Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres and Patti D'Arbanville. The duo were undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct investigating crime and gang related cases. It was notable for being the first police drama on American television to feature two people of color in the starring roles and for its soundtrack which featured live performances from artists such as Mary J. Blige, Anthony Hamilton, SWV, Aaliyah, Montell Jordan and many more.
Oprah Winfrey set the tone for talk show television. (c)The Outline
On This Day In 1986, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' debuted nationally for the first time. The popular daytime talk show ran for 25 seasons until to May 25, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois.
In the late 2000s, it was shown in 134 countries with about 47 million viewers in the United States alone. It also became the highest-rated daytime talk show in television history and helped turn Oprah into one of the wealthiest and most influential women in the world.
After the final episode aired, she launched the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Here is Winfrey discussing her talk show 3 months later on CBS show '60 Minutes' with Mike Wallace.
42 years later, ESPN now has worldwide TV coverage. (c)ESPN
On This Day In 1979, ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) launched in Bristol, Connecticut at 7:00 p.m Eastern Time.
The company was founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott and Ed Eagan.
As they along with Bob Beuys initially called the network 'ESP', the company was incorporated for $91 and shortly after decided to expand it's concept nationwide after meeting Al Parinello of RCA.
RCA (RCA Corporation also formerly known as Radio Corporation of America) was at the forefront of network communications and was growing in satellite distribution. Parinello made it clear that a transponder would grant ESP the means to broadcast across the country.
Family, friends and associates helped raise $30,000 for the transponder before ESP located a piece of land in Bristol which was acquired for $18,000.
Fittingly enough, about 30,000 viewers tuned in for launch.
In the late 2000's the top web browsers, such as the Internet Explorer from Microsoft and Mozilla's Firefox were developing new features that would help in their collection of more information.
As Google was still dependent on other's web browsers, they would have been in a bad position if Google were no longer chosen to be their default browser.
At the time Microsoft was in control of 72% of the browser market. Today, Google has 69% of it.
On This Day In 1969, the first Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) opened for business in America with its debut taking place at Chemical Bank at the Rockville Center in New York. The machine was first known as the Docuteller due to being manufactured by the firm, Docutel.
ATMs have completely eliminated the hassle of visiting the bank for basic or moderate financial transactions.
Windows 95 turns 26 years-old today. (c) The Verge
On This Day in 1995, Microsoft made a significant advancement with its operating system and introduced Windows 95 to the world.
The New York Times called it "the splashiest, most frenzied, most expensive introduction of a computer product in the industry's history." The most vital internal addition of Windows 95 was its support of 32-bit applications that made sure programs specifically for the new system ran faster. The plug and play feature combined with a one hour instructional video by Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry also made its release a Blockbuster event.
On This Day In 1960: Senegal withdrew from the Mali Federation.
As this took place there was a tough and contentious dispute between Mali Federation Premier Modibo Keita and Defense Minister Mamadou Dia.
The argument boiled down to whether there would be an authoritarian figure or a figurehead who holds the highest title in the land but does very little work.
Keita was Dia's boss so he exercised the ability to fire him.
Dia would strike back and have Keita.
Leopold Senghor would enter the vacancy and become the first President of Senegal.
The nostalgia of the 1990's involves this classic console. (c) Reddit
On This Day In 1989, the Sega Genesis was released in the United States.
In Europe, it was known as the 'Mega Drive'.
As this gaming console packed 16-bit, the company saw good success but felt they were missing one ingredient.
In the attempt to overcome Nintendo's Mario, Sega created Sonic The Hedgehog in 1991 and went to another level of acclaim.
They would also become the go-to console for sports games as Electronic Arts was enjoying a great partnership with Sega with games such as Madden, FIFA and NHL.
The console was so good and loved that it lasted for 8 years until it was discontinued in 1997.
South Park's 1st episode definitely set a different tone. (c) Wikipedia
On This Day In 1997, 'South Park' premiered on Comedy Central.
The TV show is extremely controversial but has endured and is still on air 24 years later.
Miles Beller of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Rendered in the wanting style of a cheesy, early 1960’s cartoon, South Park is a witless offering that wants to score as it seeks to be pointedly outrageous and aggressively offensive but clocks in as merely dumb."
This black and white portrait has so many fascinating stories behind it. (c) New York Times
On This Day In 1958, freelance photographer Art Kane took a picture of 57 of the most iconic and influential Jazz musicians at 17 East 126th Street in Harlem, New York for Esquire magazine.
The musicians present were:
Red Allen, Buster Bailey, Count Basie,Emmett Berry, Art Blakey,Lawrence Brown, Scoville Browne, Buck Clayton, Bill Crump, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Art Farmer, Bud Freeman, Dizzy Gillespie, Tyree Glenn, Benny Golson, Sonny Greer, Johnny Griffin, Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Jay C. Higginbotham, Milt Hinton, Chubby Jackson, Hilton Jefferson, Osie Johnson, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Jimmy Jones, Taft Jordan, Max Kaminsky, Gene Krupa, Eddie Locke, Marian McPartland, Charles Mingus, Miff Mole, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Oscar Pettiford, Rudy Powell, Luckey Roberts, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Rushing, Pee Wee Russell, Sahib Shihab, Horace Silver, Zutty Singleton, Stuff Smith, Rex Stewart, Maxine Sullivan, Joe Thomas, Wilbur Ware,Dickie Wells, George Wettling,Ernie Wilkins, Mary Lou Williams and Lester Young.
Benny Golson and Sonny Rollins are the last two remaining musicians alive photographed.
On This Day In 1973, Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc hosted an event called the "Back To School Jam" in the Bronx. As he was doing DJ and emcee work at the party, Campbell would isolate rhythms from older songs to establish break beats while his friend Coke La Rock improvised lyrics and hyped up the crowd.
Hip Hop was born.
Campbell used the recreation room of his family's apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue for this landmark moment after his younger sister, Cindy, persuaded help him to play music for the neighborhood to earn cash for her back to school clothes.
On This Day In 1964, the world's oldest tree named Prometheus (WPN-114) was accidentally cut down at 4,844 years-old.
While studying the climate dynamics of the Little Ice Age as a graduate student at the University of North Carolina, Donald Rusk Currey was made aware of the bristlecone pine trees in Neveda at the Wheeler Park mountains.
He then found out that some of the trees were extremely ancient and decided to obtain a good amount of tree cores from Prometheus to run tests but was unsuccessful.
Currey decided to cut the tree down.
Once the public was made aware of the tree's demise years later, controversy and criticism peaked.
This would lead to tighter rules and restrictions with the felling of old trees.
The 1st electric traffic lights in the world in Cleveland.
(c) Vox
On This Day in 1914, the world's first traffic lights system and signals were installed in Cleveland, Ohio on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street.
Garrett Morgan invented the traffic lights system and signals based on a T-shaped design he created.
He invented the traffic signal after witnessing an accident between a horse-carriage and a car. The three way signal featured stop, go and a direction button that allowed walkers to cross the street safely.
Morgan was also responsible for inventing the gas mask.
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