On January 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy became the first
U.S. president to hold a live televised news conference.

From a podium in the State Department auditorium, Kennedy read
a prepared statement regarding the famine in the Congo, the
release of two American aviators from Russian custody and
impending negotiations for an atomic test ban treaty.

He then opened the floor for questions from reporters, answering
queries on a variety of topics including relations with Cuba,
voting rights and food aid to impoverished Americans.

In 1935, in partnership with the American Can Company, the
Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of
Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful
Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. Ninety-one percent
of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger
to give the green light to further production.

Johnny Carson  best known as the host of The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six
Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy‘s 1980
Governor’s Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award.

He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in
1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.

He once reportedly joked, "My giving advice on marriage is like
the captain of the Titanic giving lessons on navigation.” He was
79.

On January 17, 1966, the National Broadcasting Corporation
ordered 32 episodes of a new TV show, "The Monkees," for
its upcoming fall schedule. Little did producers know that the
fake pop music band they were launching would become an
actual pop culture sensation—whose records would even
outsell the Beatles. The sitcom aired from 1966 to 1968.

On January 17, 1953, a prototype Chevrolet Corvette sports car
made its debut at General Motors’ (GM) Motorama auto show at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The Corvette, named
for a fast type of naval warship, would eventually become an
iconic American muscle car and remains in production today.

2024 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 1LT Coupe.