Recent events will score a higher number because of the access to TV and internet, mobile phones, etc. In 2010, 1.8 billion watched Barcelona v Real Madrid, most of them probably over the internet. Mohamed Ali vs Foreman fighting in the jungle of Kinshasa, Zaire attracted more than 1 billion viewers in 1973. A satellite broadcast for an Elvis Presley show live from Hawaii, titled "Aloha from Hawaii" on January 14, 1973 is reported to have reached over 1 billion viewers globally.
In this year 1973, the world's total population was 3.93 billion compared with April 2009's 6.77 billion. The total number of television sets worldwide was estimated then at 3.2billion. Therefore, 52.2% of all television sets worldwide were tuned to each event. Do you think more than 50% of the world TV sets were turned today to watch Williams and Kate wedding?
If you put the 1973 events in the context of modern world, they would score even more. But MJ's and Her Royal Highness's Diana, the Princess of Wales' funerals will definitely make the top five. The Princes got India and Western world on hold while King of Pop the whole world.
R.i.p mj huyu m2 ni baab kubwa yaani funika bov kabisaa mwenyewe ningechangiwa nauli ningefika msibani,japo nilishiriki kwenye katv ka mabanda ya kuonyesha senema mtaani kwetu
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