75. CNN Gave Birth to Cable News
The decade of the 1980s began with a new form of reporting that has since then become ubiquitous: cable news that broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week. CNN was the first cable news network (the letters CNN literally stand for Cable News Network), debuting on June 1, 1980. The first news anchors were the husband-wife duo, Lois Hart and David Walker.