First twentyfour hour Cable News Network makes its debut

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First twentyfour hour Cable News Network makes its debut
First twentyfour hour Cable News Network makes its debut

Monday, May 31

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Today in history

On June 1, 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network signed on from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, with a lead story about the attempted assassination of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. CNN went on to change the notion that news could only be report…