1972 Event WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Birthday Jay Powell, Meridian MS, pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1971 Event WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting 1968 Event WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast 1956 Birthday Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters 1955 Birthday Steve Forbert, born in Meridian, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, wrote 1980 hit 'Romeo's Tune', compared to Bob Dylan 1953 Event WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Birthday Paul Davis, born in Meridian, Michigan, country/rock vocalist, I Go Crazy 1944 Birthday Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist, Just Good Ol' Boys 1944 Birthday Alice Walker, U.S., novelist, Color Purple, Meridian 1933 Birthday Don Young, born in Meridian, California, Representative-R-Alaska 1973 - 1932 Birthday Diane Ladd, Meridian Mississippi, actress, Wild Angels, Wild at Heart 1931 Birthday Ron Packard, born in Meridian, Idaho, Representative-R-California 1983 - 2001 1922 Birthday Phil Gordon, Meridian Mississippi, singer and actor, Jasper-Bev Hillbillies 1920 Birthday Gillespie V. Montgomery, born in Meridian, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1967 - 1997 1911 Event 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05 1884 Event Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude
