American sitcom “Soap” became the first show to display the warning “Viewer discretion advised.”
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Chemist Michael Faraday discovered the Faraday Effect.
The legal drama TV series 'Law & Order' aired for the first time on NBC.
Howard Hughes designed and built the world's fastest plane called the H-1 racer, then, on this day, flew it at a new world speed record at 352 miles per hour in Santa Fe, California.
The animated mystery-comedy 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' first aired on CBS.
Super Mario Bros was released for the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan.