The 14-minutes Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Video Was Aired On MTV Today In 1983
On this day, 2 November 1983, MTV aired the full 14-minutes version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video for the first time. Now regarded as the most influential pop music video of all time, in 2009, the video was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, the first music video to ever receive this honor for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.