#OTD in 1948, NBC produced a live broadcast of a simulated attack on USS Leyte. It was considered a major feat, requiring one of the largest engineering crews assigned to a single telecast at that point in TV history. One million viewers on the East Coast tuned in to watch Corsairs fight Hellcats. The exercise was deemed a success, with an admiral stating that radar had given the Navy the ability to find the enemy, and "some time in the future, television may enable us to see the enemy." | U.S.