1965 Death Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75 1959 Death Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 1958 Event Dumont TV Network crumbles 1951 Event 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game 1950 Event "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 1949 Event "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 1949 Event "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) 1948 Event Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont) 1948 Event Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS) 1942 Event Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York) 1932 Death Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator 1930 Event Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (New York City) 1920 Death Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 1901 Birthday Allen B DuMont, inventor, perfected coml practical cathode ray tube 1889 Birthday Margaret Dumont, actress-Marx Brothers' foil, Day at the Races 1873 Birthday Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator 1847 Birthday Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin 1840 Event Dumont D'Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica 1790 Birthday Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville, explorer 1684 Death Henri Dumont, composer, dies
