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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SingLikeTinaTurner on 2023-06-27 15:39:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the first publicly transmitted live trans-Atlantic program was broadcast via the Telstar satellite on July 23, 1962, at 3:00 pm EDT with Walter Cronkite as one of the main presenters in the multinational broadcast that included the Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower.