MBC Flashbacks

Relive major moments in television and radio history. Featuring essays and television and radio clips, Flashbacks bring you the programs and personalities, the news and events that are part of America‘s history and culture.

From the first Fireside Chat in 1933, to the news coverage of President Ronald Reagan‘s death, these events are part of the collective American memory.

November 22, 1963:
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

November 25, 1987
Death of Mayor Harold Washington

December 20, 1976:
Death of Mayor Richard J. Daley

January 19, 1961:
Inauguration of John F. Kennedy

January 23, 1977:
Television Premiere of Roots

January 28, 1951:
Premiere of the Jack Benny Program

February 12, 1952:
The Television Premiere of Life is Worth Living

March 12, 1933:
First Fireside Chat

April 4, 1968:
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

June 5, 2004:
Death of President Ronald Reagan

June 6, 1944:
D-DAY

August 16, 1977:
The Death of Elvis Presley

August 28, 1963:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Speech

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