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1997 Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS 1997 British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901 1996 Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric 1996 WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM 1994 U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back 1992 George Adams, U.S. tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies 1992 WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (New York City) 1989 KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, California changes call letters to KCAL-TV 1989 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO 1988 WBMW-FM, Washington D.C. changes calls to WJFK and begins airing Howard Stern 1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes 1988 KWK-FM in St. Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG 1987 WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format 1986 WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG) 1986 KOB-AM in Albuquerque New Mexico changes call letters to KKOB 1986 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN) 1986 KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM 1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles, California changes call letters to KRTH 1985 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) 1984 KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD 1984 KSD-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA 1984 WRC-AM in Washington D.C. changes call letters to WWRC 1983 KYA-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KOIT 1983 WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia changes call letters to WNSY 1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) 1982 KGB-AM in San Diego, California changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne 1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM 1975 KOL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KMPS 1975 KTW-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX) 1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1969 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara, California changes call letters to KDB-AM 1969 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara, California changes call letters to KAPN 1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd 1966 Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi 1966 Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW 1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold 1964 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs 1963 Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina 1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KPAT 1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN 1961 Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer 1960 KDBQ-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KYA 1960 KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks) 1960 WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (New York City) 1960 Simon Climie, rock vocalist and keyboardist, Climie Fisher-Love Changes 1959 WOV-AM in New York City changes call letters to WADO 1959 KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) 1954 WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (New York City) 1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League 1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense) 1949 Siam changes name to Thailand 1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KCBS 1948 WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WMGM 1947 KPO-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR) 1946 WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (New York City) 1945 Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders 1945 KLS-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA) 1945 WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minnesota changes call letters to KUOM 1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations 1942 Mexico changes from 3 time zones to 2 1936 KVL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KEEN (now KING) 1936 Marge Piercy, author, Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers 1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC) 1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line) 1933 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20 1932 Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico" 1932 KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW 1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double 1930 Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara 1929 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia 1927 Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green 1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo 1923 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation 1922 AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears 1917 British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor 1914 St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd 1871 Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent 1837 Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American 1794 Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes 1630 Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston 1619 Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia

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