On This Day in History
The Grand Ole Opry first airs on WSM
1925The Grand Ole Opry, later the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville. (Grand Ole Opry)
Also on this day
- 1967 Jocelyn Bell Burnell notices the first pulsar — Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a 'bit of scruff' in radio-telescope data that turned out to be PSR B1919+21, the first pulsar to be discovered.
- 1895 Chicago holds the first U.S. automobile race — The Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the United States, was held in Chicago.
- 1811 Beethoven's Emperor Concerto premieres in Vienna — Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 had its premiere at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
- 1912 Albania declares independence — At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was formed and declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire.