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4 Mar 2001
A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC's headquarters in London, injuring one person.
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16 Jan 1979
The natural history series 'Life on Earth,' presented by David Attenborough, aired on BBC One in the UK for the first time.
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9 Jun 1975
British Parliament was broadcasted live.
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18 Jan 1973
The final episode of Monty Python's 'Flying Circus' season 3 was aired on BBC.
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11 Apr 1972
The first episode of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' is aired.
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7 Mar 1968
Newsroom on BBC2 switched to color, making it the first color news in the UK.
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25 Jun 1967
The world's first live global satellite TV program is aired.
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1 Apr 1957
The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax.
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27 Aug 1950
For the first time in history, the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) transmitted a two-hour-long live broadcast from Calais, France, to television screens in the UK.
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7 Jun 1946
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
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11 Feb 1938
The BBC broadcast the world's first science fiction television program, an adaptation of the play R.U.R.
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5 Feb 1924
The Greenwich Time Signal is broadcast for the first time.
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14 Nov 1922
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began its radio service in the United Kingdom.
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18 Oct 1922
The British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) was founded.
