1998 Don Harrison, Headline News anchor, dies at 61
1997 Charles Kuralt, news anchor for CBS Sunday Morning, dies at 62
1996 John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68
1995 John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89
1994 Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies
1992 WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry
1992 Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71
1991 News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby
1991 Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41
1990 Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32
1989 Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
1988 Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49
1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
1983 Jessica Savitch, news anchor (NBC-TV), dies at 35
1983 Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59
1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show
1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak
1979 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show
1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
1972 Gabriel Heather, U.S. news anchor, dies at 81
1972 Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56
1971 Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show
1965 Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news
1964 New York City news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
1961 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show
1961 John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show
1959 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47
1958 Deborah Norville, news anchor, Today Show, Inside Edition
1957 Faith Daniels, news anchor, CBS-TV
1956 Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning
1955 Cora Ann Mahalick, New Jersey, news anchor, WNYW-TV
1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
1953 Bree Walker, news anchor, WNBC TV, KNBC TV
1950 Kaity Tong, news anchor, WABC-TV New York City
1950 Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor, WPIX, /wife of Mayor Giuliani
1948 Jessica Savitch, Kennet Sq, Pennsylvania, news anchor, NBC
1946 Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS
1943 Ernie Anastos, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, news anchor, WCBS, WABC
1940 Ted Koppel, born in Lancashire, England, news anchor, ABC Nightline
1940 Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982-
1939 Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News
1938 Peter Jennings, born in Toronto, Canada, news anchor, ABC Evening News
1938 Christopher Glenn, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Nightwatch
1935 John Palmer, Kingsport Tennessee, news anchor, NBC Weekend News
1934 James Charles Lehrer, Wichita, Kansas, news anchor, McNeil-Lehrer Report
1933 Charles Osgood, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Weekend News
1931 Dan Rather, born in Wharton, Texas, news anchor, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes
1931 Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor, NBC Weekend News, 1965-67
1928 Sander Vanocur, born in Cleveland, Ohio, news anchor, NBC Weekend News
1927 John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA
1923 Frank Reynolds, E Chicago, Indiana, news anchor, ABC Evening News
1922 Anchor Jorgenson, premier of Denmark, 1972-82
1921 Frank McGee, Monroe, Louisiana, news anchor, NBC Evening News
1920 David Brinkley, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, NBC news anchor, Huntley-Brinkley
1916 Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81
1904 Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59
1902 Morgan Beatty, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, news anchor, Du Mont Evening News
1885 5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar
1850 At least 626 ships lie at anchor around San Francisco Bay
1834 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
1697 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
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