History Hop Tags - Debuts

1715-05-04

French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)

1795-03-29

Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna

1832-11-14

First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Sts

1873-10-30

P T Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth", debuts (New York City)

1879-06-16

Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC

1881-03-16

Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts

1891-09-20

The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

1896-11-27

"Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt

1897-08-27

Roger Bresnahan debuts as Wash Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)

1903-07-02

Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs

1905-06-11

Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)

1906-08-30

NY Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs

1906-09-17

Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia University jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's

1907-08-02

Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit

1910-06-20

"Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal

1914-02-07

Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"

1914-07-11

Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3

1914-12-21

"Tillie's Punctured Romance" 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts

1920-11-08

Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn

1923-06-19

Comic Strip "Moon Mullins" debuts

1924-06-14

Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe & Maurice Tate v South Africa

1924-08-05

Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" by Harold Gray debuts

1926-12-05

Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" debuts

1928-03-19

"Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)

1929-01-18

"NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio

1929-02-05

Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF

1930-08-09

Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes

1930-09-29

Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons

1930-10-14

Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy"

1931-04-12

Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager

1931-10-04

Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts

1932-01-10

"Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts

1932-03-29

Jack Benny debuts on radio, on Ed Sullivan's New York interview program

1932-11-08

"Make Mine Music" debuts

1934-01-07

"Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts

1936-02-17

"Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts

1936-09-28

Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)

1938-05-17

Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network

1939-01-06

Daily newspaper comic strip "Superman" debuts

1939-06-10

MGM cartoon character Barney Bear debuts

1940-07-27

Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"

1940-11-25

Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"

1941-08-31

Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee & Molly debuts on NBC

1942-02-11

"Archie" comic book debuts

1942-11-21

Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"

1943-02-06

Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"

1944-08-09

Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention

1945-01-05

Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"

1946-03-29

Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon

1946-04-18

Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals

1946-07-05

Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show

1946-09-29

"Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio

1948-07-01

Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher

1948-07-09

Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleve

1949-04-05

Fireside Theater debuts on television.

1949-06-04

"Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950

1949-09-29

"Front Page" debuts on CBS-TV

1949-09-29

"Inside USA With Chevrolet" debuts on CBS-TV

1950-09-11

"Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts

1951-02-03

"Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV

1951-05-28

Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV

1951-06-09

"Doodles Weaver Show" debuts on NBC-TV

1951-09-03

TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS

1951-10-15

"I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV

1951-10-15

"I Love Lucy", starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS

1952-02-08

"RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV

1952-05-08

Mad Magazine debuts

1952-06-19

"I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host

1953-09-29

"Buick-Berle Show" debuts on NBC-TV

1954-06-19

Tasmanian Devil debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros

1955-01-19

"Scrabble" debuts on board game market

1955-06-21

Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"

1955-06-27

"Julius LaRosa Show" debuts on CBS-TV

1955-06-30

"Johnny Carson Show" debuts on CBS-TV

1955-09-29

"Sergeant Preston" debuts on CBS

1956-03-26

Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One

1956-09-29

"Oh! Susanna" debuts on CBS-TV

1956-11-05

The Nat King Cole Show debuts on NBC, the first variety program to be hosted by an African-American

1956-11-26

"The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC

1956-12-18

"To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV

1957-09-28

"Gisele MacKenzie Show" debuts on NBC-TV

1957-09-29

"DuPont Show of the Month" debuts on CBS-TV

1957-09-29

"Paul Winchell Show" debuts on ABC-TV

1957-10-04

"Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS

1957-11-22

Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY

1958-05-08

"Dracula", starring Christopher Lee as the titular vampire, debuts

1958-07-24

Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth & Subba Row

1958-09-29

"Texan" debuts on CBS-TV

1958-12-29

TV soap "Young Dr Malone" debuts

1959-09-28

"Hennesey" debuts on CBS-TV

1959-09-29

"Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis" debuts on CBS-TV

1959-09-29

"Philip Marlowe" debuts on ABC-TV

1959-11-19

"Rocky & His Friends" debuts on ABC

1960-02-19

Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts

1960-04-12

Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"

1960-05-19

Juan Marichal debuts as SF Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter

1960-07-19

SF Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies

1960-08-18

1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie Ill

1960-09-29

"My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV

1960-09-29

"Outlaws" TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV

1961-04-29

ABC's "Wide World of Sports" debuts

1961-09-28

"Doctor Kildare" debuts on NBC-TV

1961-09-28

"Hazel" starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV

1961-12-08

South Africa v NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow & Peter Pollock

1962-06-09

Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC

1962-09-28

"I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" debuts on ABC-TV

1962-09-29

"Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" debuts on ABC-TV

1962-12-31

"Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn

1963-03-10

Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training

1963-09-28

"New Phil Silvers Show" debuts on CBS-TV

1963-09-28

"Tennessee Tuxedo" cartoon debuts on CBS-TV

1963-09-29

"Judy Garland Show" debuts on CBS-TV

1963-09-29

"My Favorite Martian" starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV

1963-11-23

"Doctor Who" the long-running British sci-fi series debuts

1963-12-30

"Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV

1964-02-02

GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy

1964-06-02

Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass

1964-08-28

WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland

1964-09-26

"Gilligan's Island", starring Bob Denver as Gilligan, debuts on CBS

1964-11-15

Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV

1966-01-07

Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts

1966-01-12

"Batman", starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC

1967-05-22

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" debuts on NET (now PBS)

1969-01-11

Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts

1969-02-05

"Turn-On," debuts & cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly

1969-02-07

"This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV

1969-04-28

King Crismson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts

1969-06-07

"Johnny Cash Show" debuts on ABC-TV

1969-09-22

"Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV

1969-09-29

"Bright Promise" TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV

1969-09-29

"Letters To Laugh-In" debuts on NBC-TV

1969-09-29

"Name Droppers" debuts on NBC-TV

1969-09-29

"Sale Of Century" debuts on NBC-TV

1970-06-20

"Ray Stevens Show" debuts on NBC-TV

1970-07-04

Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio

1970-07-12

Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky

1970-09-28

"Words & Music" debuts on NBC-TV

1970-10-26

"Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers

1971-02-08

The Nasdaq stock market index debuts.

1971-09-29

"McMillan & Wife" debuts on NBC-TV

1973-02-02

"Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV

1974-02-08

"Good Times," debuts on CBS TV

1975-01-06

"Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-tv

1975-04-08

Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats NY 5-3)

1975-05-25

Cleve's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0

1975-09-29

"Three For Money" debuts on NBC-TV

1976-01-14

"Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)

1976-02-02

"Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV

1976-09-22

"Charlie's Angels" starring Farrah Fawcett debuts

1976-09-29

"Alice" debuts on CBS-TV

1976-11-22

Comic strip "Cathy" by Cathy Guisewhite debuts

1976-12-18

"Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC

1977-02-18

Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown

1977-03-02

Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson

1978-09-29

"Flying High," debuts on CBS

1979-02-07

"Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC

1979-06-24

Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base

1980-06-23

"David Letterman Show" debuts on NBC-TV daytime

1981-02-06

"Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV

1981-12-31

CNN Headline News debuts

1982-02-01

"Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV, Bill Murray is first guest

1982-09-26

"Knight Rider", starring David Hasselhoff, debuts on NBC

1983-07-15

Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"

1984-05-08

Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles

1985-03-24

Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)

1985-04-23

New Coke debuts; Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula

1985-09-14

"The Golden Girls", starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC

1985-09-29

"Amazing Stories" by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV

1985-09-29

"MacGyver" starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV

1986-09-29

"Designing Women" TV Comedy, debuts on CBS

1987-09-28

"Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV

1987-09-29

"thirtysomething" debuts on ABC-TV

1988-06-01

"Morton Downey Jr Show" debuts in TV syndication

1988-06-25

Roger Rabbit Cartoon Character debuts in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

1989-06-10

"Tales From The Crypt" TV Anthology debuts on HBO

1989-06-12

"Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV

1989-09-19

"Doogie Howser, M.D.", starring Neil Patrick Harris as a teenage physician, debuts on ABC

1989-09-22

"Baywatch", starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, debuts on NBC

1990-05-28

Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV

1990-05-31

Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles

1991-01-23

"seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV

1991-08-06

Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

1991-09-28

"Commish" debuts on ABC-TV

1991-09-30

Jerry Springer's tabloid talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" debuts

1992-09-28

"Dog City" cartoon debuts on Fox-TV

1993-09-29

"Grace Under Fire" starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV

1994-02-05

"Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV

1994-06-01

FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts

1995-05-03

David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus & Buddy)

1995-08-24

Windows 95 debuts

1995-11-13

"GoldenEye", starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond for the first time, debuts

1996-01-01

After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin

1996-08-26

"7th Heaven", starring Jessica Biel, debuts on The WB

1996-09-29

Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)

1997-04-05

Steve Irwin's "The Crocodile Hunter" debuts

1998-08-05

The American spin-off "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", starring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and Wayne Brady, debuts on ABC

1999-01-10

"The Sopranos", starring James Gandolfini as mobster Tony Soprano, debuts on HBO

2000-10-15

Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" debuts on HBO

2001-05-18

DreamWorks Pictures "Shrek", starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz in voice-over roles, debuts

2003-02-21

Bill Maher's political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" debuts on HBO

2003-05-20

The reality series "America's Next Top Model", created by Tyra Banks, debuts on UPN

2005-01-23

"Numbers", starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz, debuts on CBS

2006-10-11

"30 Rock", starring Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and Tracy Morgan, debuts on NBC

2007-07-19

The first episode of "Mad Men" debuts. Jon Hamm stars as Don Draper

2011-09-19

Ashton Kutcher debuts on "Two and a Half Men", replacing Charlie Sheen

2011-09-20

"New Girl", starring Zooey Deschanel, debuts on Fox

2013-11-03

Bobby Orr's autobiography "Orr: My Story" debuts at the #8 position on The New York Times best seller list for nonfiction

2014-01-12

"True Detective", a crime-drama starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, debuts on HBO

2016-05-12

Hyperloop One debuts in the Nevada desert