Telstar — First Live Transatlantic TV
1962
On July 23, 1962, the Telstar 1 satellite — launched ten days earlier — relays the first transatlantic television signal. Walter Cronkite in New York and Yves Mourousi in Paris exchange greetings. The Tornados' instrumental "Telstar" reaches #1 on both sides of the Atlantic that summer.
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