1994 Death Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78 1916 Birthday Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor, NYC, WNBC 1916 Birthday Betty Furness, New York City, actress/consumer activist, Studio 1 1905 Event Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti 1487 Event Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire