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    Champagne was invented by a monk! Dom Perignon added sugar and yeast to wine in Champagne, France, in 1688.

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TV & Entertainment


On 29th June, 1960, The BBC Television Centre was officially opened... Read more »

On 29th November, 1965, Mary Whitehouse begins to “Clean Up TV”... Read more »

On 6th October, 1970, The PBS media enterprise became a network... Read more »

On 22nd March, 1971, The vinyl forerunner to the DVD was patented... Read more »

On 1st March, 1978, PBS pioneered satellite TV with their Public Television Satellite Service... Read more »

On 14th January, 1981, The FCC allowed stations to choose how many commercials would be put to air... Read more »
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