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24th May 1956: First Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Lugano, Switzerland
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The first Eurovision Song Contest featured only seven countries, and was broadcast across Europe using a terrestrial microwave relay network that linked the countries of Europe together like an invisible spider’s ...
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