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