On this day: July 23

POSTED: 05:00 PM PDT Jul 22, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 22, 2012 

Miss America gives up her crown, Fergie gets a royal wedding, a new comet is discovered and a singer's life comes to a tragic ending, all on this day.

OTD July 23 - Telstar
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1962: The Telstar satellite relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.

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