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2002 Roone Arledge, TV innovator, crated NFL Monday Night Football, dies at 71
1995 Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77 1989 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1988 1st Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23 1987 "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record 1985 Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68 1984 Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football 1979 1st Monday night game from New York City, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad) 1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire 1970 "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21 1966 Mamas and Papas win gold record for "Monday, Monday" 1966 Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1 1965 A's draft Rick Monday #1 1962 Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 1961 Kenny Monday, Tulsa Oklahoma, 163 lbs freestyles wrestler, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics 1956 Barney Sumner, rock guitarist and vocalist, New Order-Blue Monday 1949 Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster, Monday Night Football 1949 Jim Lampley, born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, newscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1947 Steve Stone, born in Cleveland, Ohio, sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1946 Tommy Lee Jones, actor, Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive 1945 Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football 1943 "Mama" Cass Elliot, actress, Mamas and Papas-Monday Monday 1940 Joe Flaherty, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian, SCTV, Blue Monday 1938 Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL quarterback, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football 1928 Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football 1927 Jim Simpson, Washington D.C., sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1926 Belgium's "black monday," franc falls 1924 Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director, Monday's Child 1923 Chris Schenkel, Biuppus, Indiana, sportscaster, Monday Night Fights 1923 Jan Sterling, born in New York City, actress, 1st Monday in October, HS Confidential 1918 Howard Cosell, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sportscaster, Monday Night Football 1917 John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1911 Ronald Neame, director, 1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure 1901 Ted Husing, New York City, sportscaster, Monday Night Fights |
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