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TodayFirsts.rows[i++] = new Array("January 14, 1952","TODAY is the first two hour morning news program on television.");
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TodayFirsts.rows[i++] = new Array("April 30, 1956","TODAY becomes the first daily television news show to be transmitted directly from New York to Los Angeles.");
TodayFirsts.rows[i++] = new Array("April 28 - May 1, 1959","TODAY in Paris: First time a regular U.S. network TV program televises from Europe in entirety on videotape.");
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TodayFirsts.rows[i++] = new Array("April 22, 1974","Barbara Walters is named the first co-host of TODAY, and the first female co-host of any network news program.");
TodayFirsts.rows[i++] = new Array("January 1, 1976","The NBC logo is introduced on TODAY. ");
TodayFirsts.rows[i++] = new Array("February 26, 1976","The first nationwide coverage of a kidney transplant operation is broadcast live on TODAY.");
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