Timeline

1966- "Joan Ganz Cooney does a feasibility study on children and television for the Carnegie Corporation" (Muppet Wiki).

1967- "Joan Ganz Cooney becomes a television consultant for Carnegie, and the coroporation decides to pursue a television project for preschool-aged children" (Muppet Wiki).

1969- "The Muppets and Jim Henson are signed to the show" (Muppet Wiki).

1969- "Sesame Street premieres on November 10 on NET (the predecessor to PBS) and several commercial stations including WPIX in New York" (Muppet Wiki).

1970- "Big Bird appears on the cover of Time" (Muppet Wiki).

1970- "The first Sesame Street original cast album is released on Columbia Records. It wins a Grammy Award" (Muppet Wiki).

1974- "Sesame Street airs on 250 American television stations and in 41 countries worldwide" (Muppet Wiki).

1977- "1,000th episode of Sesame Street airs" (Muppet Wiki).

1978- " 'Christmas Eve on Sesame Street,' an hour-long Sesame Street Christmas special, airs in primetime on PBS on December 3. It wins an Emmy Award" (Muppet Wiki).

1983- "After Will Lee, who portrayed Mr. Hooper, dies in late 1982, a decision is made to not replace the actor, nor have him retire or move away. Sesame Street curricular experts and scriptwriters carefully plan how to tell young children about death. The episode (1839) wins an Emmy Award" (Muppet Wiki).

1990- "First Lady Barbara Bush visits Sesame Street and reads the book Peter's Chair " (Muppet Wiki).

1996-"The Tickle Me Elmo talking plush doll is produced by Tyco and quickly becomes the year's hottest toy. Tyco is unable to keep up with the demand during the Christmas season. Over 5-million dolls were sold within the first year" (Muppet Wiki).

2006- "Sesame Beginnings, a research-based DVD series for parents and young children under age 2 that encourages learning through parent-child interactions and features baby versions of the Muppets from Sesame Street, debuts with its first two titles" (Muppet Wiki).

2013- "Sesame Street becomes the first non-profit YouTube channel and the first U.S. children's media outlet to reach 1-billion views" (Muppet Wiki).

2019- "Sesame Street receives the Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime artistic achievements, marking the first time a television program has been honored" (Muppet Wiki).