THE MAX HEADROOM INCIDENT. November 22nd, 1987 was a pretty normal evening for television viewers in Chicago. That night, like every night, Dan Roan was covering sports on WGN-TV, Channel 9. Then ...

1924: The first college football game was played at Municipal Grant Park Stadium (Soldier Field). Notre Dame beat Northwestern 13-6. The floor of the Democratic National Convention at the ...

It wasn’t uncommon to see Max Headroom back in the day. First introduced in 1985, he was a completely one-of-a-kind star whom BBC commentator Terry Wogan called the “ideal TV presenter.” So, what made ...