Today in History: The Vietnam war formally ended in 1973 and more
Michael Jackson receives serious burns to his head after his hair caught light while singing his hit "Billie Jean" for a Pepsi Cola commercial in Los Angeles when the special effects went wrong.
1973 – The Vietnam war formally ended
The Vietnam war formally ended when ministers from the United States, North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong signed an agreement in Paris.
Michael Jackson receives serious burns to his head after his hair caught light while singing his hit “Billie Jean” for a Pepsi Cola commercial in Los Angeles when the special effects went wrong.
John Logie Baird, gives the first public demonstration of a television system in London.
The BBC started the first public broadcasts in London in 1936.
Regular television broadcasts began in the United States in 1939.
1951 – Nuclear Bomb Tests
The US government detonates the first of a series of nuclear bombs at its new Nevada test site.
1985 – Coca Cola
Coca Cola starts distribution in the Soviet Union 12 years after Pepsi
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