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2003 "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed

1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM

1984 August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City

1975 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 85

1971 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting

1970 WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting

1967 WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting

1967 Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83

1964 Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76

1964 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin

1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA

1961 Ma Ferguson, American Politician

1960 "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 835 performances

1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series

1958 "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 835 performances

1957 WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast

1956 Peter Teravainen, Plymouth MA USA, Australasia golfer

1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting

1955 Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician

1954 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins

1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins

1953 WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1950 [Ma]Tina Weymouth, Coronado California, rock bassist, Talking Heads-& She Was

1948 "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 188 performances

1948 WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting

1948 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 188 performances

1946 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA

1939 Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer/composer, dies at 53

1937 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA)

1929 Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor

1928 Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made

1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor

1924 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas)

1924 Louise MA, princess of Belgium, dies at 66

1921 WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions

1920 Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies

1920 Maria Cole, Boston MA

1919 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21

1913 19th U.S. Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA

1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA

1888 Percy Kilbride, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle

1887 Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA

1886 Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer

1886 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA

1882 Bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres

1882 Ida Moore, born in Altoona, Kansas, actress, Mr. Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

1875 Ma Ferguson, American Politician

1872 GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA

1749 General fast because of drought in MA

1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford

1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge

1646 Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent

1629 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in U.S. founded (Salem, MA)

1620 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA



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