The First Bank of the U.S.

Alexander Hamilton conceived The First Bank of the United States in the late 1780s. This was done to address the government's massive Revolutionary War debt and to create a standard form of currency in all the states. The bank was very controversial in the fledgling constitutional republic. Despite the debate the bank was built in the U.S. capital of Philadelphia.
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ESPN

Entertainment Sports Programming Network (ESPN) went on the air on September 7, 1979. The first show on the 24 hour all sports network was a slow-pitch softball game between the Kentucky Bourbons and the Milwaukee Schlitzes. ESPN was founded by Bill and Scott Rasmussen. The network also received investment money from the Getty Oil Corporation.
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Oprah

The Oprah Winfrey Show is the longest-running daytime television talk show in the United States. The nationally syndicated show produced by Oprah Winfrey is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. The Chicago-based show's first national broadcast occurred on September 8, 1986.
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Baseball on TV

Major League Baseball's first televised game occurred at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn on August 26, 1939. The double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds was broadcast to about five hundred homes. Dodgers announcer Red Barber did the play by play. Two cameras were used to view the game, one from behind home plate and the other focused on Barber.
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The Great Pyramid

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was first compiled by Greek historians around 200 BC. The first Ancient Wonder is The Great Pyramid of Giza. Built in what today is greater Ciaro, the Pyramid was the tallest structure on Earth for more than 43 centuries. Each pyramid side is oriented with the compass point north, south, east, and west. The maximum error between side lengths is less than 0.1%.
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Rap music

The Last Poets 1973 album "Hustler's Convention" is considered by many to be the first original inspiration of Rap music. A mix of funk, rhythm, DJing, and break-dancing evolved into Rap during the late 1970s, and Hip-Hop in the 1980s. The first Hip-Hop record is considered to be Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" released in 1979.
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Gladiator games

The first recorded gladiatorial combat occurred when three pairs of gladiators fought to the death during the funeral of Junius Brutus in 264 BC. Gladiator games peaked around 80 AD with the completion of the Coliseum, built specifically for the games. A typical day at the games featured a procession of combatants, animal displays, executions of criminals, and individual gladiatorial combats.
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