1972 Event "Me and The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV 1961 Event Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit 1957 Event Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor 1953 Event J. Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show 1953 Event J. Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" 1934 Birthday Jane van Lawick-Goodall, ethologist and chimp expert, 1974 Walker Prize
