CNN Turns 29 Today
On June 1, 1980, “Cable News Network,” the world’s first 24-hour television news network, made its debut. Check out CNN’s first ever broadcast (via How Stuff Works):![]()

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• Find out more at History Channel’s “This Day in History” (interestingly, presented by CBS’ Russ Mitchell.)
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Nadine Cheung
Editor, The Job Post
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