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CNN Turns 29 Today

By SteveK on Jun 01, 2009 03:18 PM

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):

• Find out more at History Channel's "This Day in History" (interestingly, presented by CBS' Russ Mitchell.)

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