Sesame Street is an American educational children's television program that premiered on 10 November 1969 on the public broadcaster National Educational Television. It was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett through the Children's Television Workshop, with the aim of helping preschoolers, especially those from poorer families, prepare for school. The show combined short segments, songs and animation with puppet characters made by Jim Henson, including Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie. It taught letters, numbers and social skills and dealt with themes such as diversity. Sesame Street became one of the longest-running children's programs, shown in many countries with local versions.
Before and after
- 16 October 1969Establishment of Doñana National Park
- 22 October 1969Discovery of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 29 October 1969The first message is sent over ARPANET
- 10 November 1969Premiere of Sesame Street
- 14 November 1969Launch of Apollo 12
- 1 December 1969Publication of Doraemon
- 11 December 1969Birth of Viswanathan Anand
- 28 December 1969Birth of Linus Torvalds
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