Music
In February 1964, The Beatles made their first live U.S. television appearance on this specific variety show.
What is the Ed Sullivan Show?
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, earning the nickname "Lady Lindy."
Who is Amelia Earhart?
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to ever set foot on the surface of this.
What is the Moon?
In 1920, Earle Dickson invented these sticky bandages to help his wife.
What are Band-Aids?
This 1953 royal event in London was the first major international ceremony broadcast live for a global TV audience.
What is Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation?
In 1956, he became the first artist to have a hit reach #1 on the Pop, Country, and R&B charts simultaneously with "Heartbreak Hotel."
Who is Elvis Presley?
The Wright Brothers made the first powered, controlled flight in 1903 in this North Carolina town.
What is Kitty Hawk?
This genius was the first to prove E=mc2 and became the most famous scientist of the 20th century.
Who is Albert Einstein?
In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human transplant of this organ.
What is the heart?
In 1960, the first-ever televised presidential debate featured Richard Nixon and this charismatic young Senator.
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
At the very first Grammy Awards in 1959, this "First Lady of Song" became the first Black woman to win a trophy.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
In 1927, he became the first person to fly solo non-stop from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
In 1879, this "Wizard of Menlo Park" created the first commercially practical incandescent lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
In 1955, this doctor became a national hero by creating the first successful vaccine for Polio.
Who is Jonas Salk?
For 19 years, he anchored the CBS Evening News and was often called "The Most Trusted Man in America."
Who is Walter Cronkite?
This smooth-voiced singer was the first African American to host his own national TV variety show in 1956.
Who is Nat King Cole?
In 1947, pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly a plane faster than this.
What is The Speed of Sound (Mach 1)?
In 1604, Galileo used a supernova to disprove the "unchanging universe" theory held by this ancient Greek.
Who is Aristotle?
In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered this first "wonder drug" after noticing a specific mold killing bacteria.
What is Penicillin?
In 1976, she made history as the first woman to be named a co-anchor of a network evening news program.
Who is Barbra Walters?
In 1952, this flamboyant pianist and singer became the first person to have his own nationally syndicated TV show, long before he was the "King of Las Vegas."
Who is Liberace?
Built by Howard Hughes during WWII, this "Flying Boat" made its first and only flight in 1947.
What is The Spruce Goose (or the H-4 Hercules)?
Billions of years ago, these "blue-green algae" were the first organisms to produce this gas, making life on Earth possible.
What is oxygen?
In 1922, Frederick Banting discovered this hormone, which turned a once-fatal "sugar disease" into a manageable condition.
What is insulin?
This news legend’s 1954 broadcast on his show See It Now helped end the "Red Scare" by taking on Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Who is Edward R. Murrow?