On this day: November 6
POSTED: 03:33 PM PST Nov 05, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 05, 2012
Abraham Lincoln is elected president, New Jersey hosts the first intercollegiate football game, Phil Donahue debuts his TV talk show, and the punk band the Sex Pistols make their debut, all on this day.
Meet the Press
1947: "Meet the Press" makes its television debut in a 30-minute, live press conference format. James A. Farley, the former postmaster general and former Democratic National Committee chairman, is the show's first guest. Despite bearing little resemblance to its original format, today the show is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history. Pictured is the earliest photograph in existence of the show, featuring the Dec. 4, 1947, episode with U.S. Sen. Robert Taft as the show's guest.
