March 31, 1987 –
20 minutes into the future,
US network television’s very first cyberpunk series, Max Headroom premiered on ABC-TV, on this date.
According to the first episode, the name “Max Headroom” came about when Edison Carter was fleeing from security guards on a motorcycle, and he ran into a parking garage exit gate labeled MAX HEADROOM. While he was in a coma his memory was downloaded into a computer by Bryce Lynch and the computer-generated personality chose this to be its new name.
The Haus of Dcaligari 