In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This is an video clip of the exchange between Mr. Rogers and Senator Pastore, head of the hearing. (youtube video)

RoboCup! By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team. To work towards this goal robot competitions are held.