2012 Event Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum 2011 Event U.S. nightly news host Katie Couric announces she will will no longer host the 'CBS Evening News' 2003 Death Michael Jeter, actor, Evening Shade, dies at 50 1993 Event Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News 1988 Event Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1985 Death Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 1983 Death Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59 1981 Event Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News 1978 Death Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84 1974 Event "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 438 performances 1974 Death Stewart Alsop, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek, dies 1973 Event "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 438 performances 1969 Event Last edition of Saturday Evening Post 1965 Event Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley 1964 Death Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63 1962 Event Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News 1961 Event "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City after 55 performances 1961 Event "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City for 55 performances 1961 Event Barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones" 1960 Event In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1959 Death Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 1954 Birthday Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour 1944 Birthday Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph 1943 Birthday Roelof den Ambtman, Dutch actor and director, One Evening at Eva 1943 Birthday Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief, Evening News, Manchester 1939 Birthday Elizabeth Ashley, Cole, Ocala Florida, actress, Coma, Evening Shade 1939 Birthday Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News 1938 Birthday Peter Jennings, born in Toronto, Canada, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1936 Birthday Burt Reynolds, born in Michigan, actor, Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball 1932 Event New York newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt 1931 Birthday Dan Rather, born in Wharton, Texas, news anchor, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes 1931 Birthday Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1928 Birthday Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News 1925 Birthday Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1923 Birthday Frank Reynolds, E Chicago, Indiana, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1921 Birthday Frank McGee, born in Monroe, Louisiana, news anchor, NBC Evening News 1917 Birthday Douglas Edwards, born in Alda, Oklahoma, newscaster, CBS Evening News, FYI 1916 Birthday Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81 1916 Event Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting 1914 Birthday Stewart Alsop, born in Avon, Connecticut, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek 1908 Birthday Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar 1904 Birthday Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59 1902 Birthday Morgan Beatty, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, news anchor, Du Mont Evening News 1894 Event Venus is both a morning star and evening star 1894 Birthday Norman Rockwell, U.S., artist/illustrator, Sat Evening Post covers 1883 Event John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss) 1883 Event John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi 1849 Birthday Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter, New York Tribune, New York Evening Sun 1821 Event 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969) 1801 Event 1st edition of New York Evening Post 1776 Event Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette" 1760 Event Juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught" 1735 Event Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass)
