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2003 "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed
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 Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician 1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 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, Mount 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 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 1857 Pierr-Jean Beranger, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858, dies 1798 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73 1780 Pierr-Jean Beranger, born in Paris, France, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858 1749 General fast because of drought in MA 1725 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life 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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