Daily Archives: January 15, 2021

‘Let’s be careful out there’: Police procedural series ‘Hill Street Blues’ premieres on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

Video: 'Hill Street Blues S01E01 Hill Street Station Pilot'

(Thursday, January 15, 1981, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — Hill Street Blues, described as “one of the most innovative and critically acclaimed television shows in recent television history” and a program that “set an entirely new standard for television drama,” debuted tonight on NBC.
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Free online encyclopedia Wikipedia debuts 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 2001)

2000s


Video: 'Wikipedia - Behind the Encyclopedia'

(Monday, January 15, 2001) — Wikipedia, a multilingual open-collaborative online encyclopedia created and maintained by a community of volunteer editors using a wiki-based editing system, was launched today by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.
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