WBNG TV (1949) | Firsts | Dec 1, 1949
WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting.
WCSH TV (1953) | Firsts | Dec 1, 1953
WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, Maine (NBC) begins broadcasting.
WAXA (1953) | Firsts | Dec 1, 1953
WAIM, which later changed its call letters to WAXA, channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) airs its first broadcast.
First Issue of Playboy Magazine Published (1953) | Inaugurals, Milestones | Dec 1, 1953
Hugh Hefner publishes the first issue of Playboy Magazine, featuring Marilyn Monroe as the magazine’s first centerfold model.
Paul McCartney, Pete Best (1960) | Judicial / Criminal Events | Dec 1, 1960
Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested – and later deported – from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.