2015 Event Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4 million vehicles after two researchers successfully hack wirelessly into a test car 10 miles away, enabling them to control functions such as steering and braking; the news raises concerns for all automakers 2015 Event The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is planning rules for commercial drones that will limit flights to uncrowded areas within the operator's line of sight, meaning that uses such as package delivery or long-range news reporting are off limits 2014 Event Google Inc. announces that it will be closing down its Google News site in Spain next week, ahead of rules taking effect in January that will force news aggregators to pay each publisher for using its content 2014 Event Broadcasting company CBS is moving to web-based programming by starting a 24-hour news streaming site, offering web access to its network for a monthly fee, and partnering with Sony to provide programs for a web-based TV service 2014 Event American freelance videographer Ashoka Mukpo tests positive for Ebola while working in Liberia; the cameraman has been working in the country for the past three years but became symptomatic the day after beginning an assignment for NBC News 2014 Event Rebekah Brooks has been declared not guilty, and Editor Andy Coulson has been pronounced guilty in the 'News of the World' phone hacking case 2013 Event A security news site reports that the credit and debit card account stolen from 40 million Target Corporation customers are up for sale on the black market; cards are being sold from around $20 to more than $100 each 2013 Event In an effort to repair strained relations after news reports cite the U.S. spied on Chancellor Angela Merke's cell phone, President Barack Obama congratulates the Chancellor on the formation of her new cabinet, and invites her to Washington 2013 Event In London, the world's first bovine stem cells lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference; one food expert said it was 'close to meat, but not that juicy' 2013 Event The News Corporation phone hacking scandal results in the company's agreement to pay $139 million to American shareholders 2012 Event Ending a 50-year ban on veiled female news presenters, Egypt's state television gives its female presenters a choice of wearing, or not wearing, a veil 2012 Event Egypt's state news organization states that their President, Mohammed Morsi is going to Iran at the end of August to attend the Non-Aligned Movement meeting 2012 Event News that European Union members agree on a deal to help some struggling Eurozone members causes world stock markets to soar 2012 Event Fox News reporter and Opus Dei member Greg Burke is selected by Pope Benedict XVI as secretariat of state 2012 Event During the second day of evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert Murdock reveals there was a 'cover-up' at 'News of the World' but that he had no knowledge of it 2012 Event Following the News International phone hacking scandal, James Murdock resigns as Chairman of BskyB 2012 Event New Corporation announces its launch of 'The Sun on Sunday' to replace 'News of the World' which shut down due to a phone hacking controversy 2011 Event The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee recalls four News International executives for further examination of phone hacking within the organization 2011 Event Chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, resigns as a result of the News International phone hacking scandal 2011 Event U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announces an inquiry into News of the World, allegedly involved in a phone hacking scandal 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces the launch of a new Vatican website, news.va; he also performs the first tweet ever made by a pope 2011 Event The news of Osama bin Laden's death is received positively by international leaders, including Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari 2011 Event U.S. nightly news host Katie Couric announces she will will no longer host the 'CBS Evening News' 2011 Event With news that Facebook received investments of $500 million, analysts estimate the value of the company at $50 billion 2009 Death Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'The Rest of the Story' 2004 Death Gary Webb, investigative journalist, wrote articles for 'San Jose Mercury News' about Nicaraguan cocaine smugglers linked to CIA-backed Contras, dies from two gunshot wounds to the head, judged a suicide 2002 Death Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 2000 Death Robert Northshield, TV news producer, Sunday Morning, dies at 78 1998 Event 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards 1998 Death Don Harrison, Headline News anchor, dies at 61 1998 Death Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28 1998 Event News of the Lewinsky/Clinton affair is published, President Clinton vigorously denies all allegations 1998 Event Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever 1997 Death Nancy Dickerson, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70 1997 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1997 Death Charles Kuralt, news anchor for CBS Sunday Morning, dies at 62 1997 Event 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes 1997 Event ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com 1997 Death Nancy Woodhull, news editor for USA Today, dies of cancer at 52 1996 Death John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68 1996 Event 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson 1996 Death John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91 1996 Death Brian Hulls, television news cameraman, dies at 48 1995 Event Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 1995 Event Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS 1995 Event Cable News Network joins internet 1995 Death John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89 1995 Event Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears 1995 Event 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire 1995 Event CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung 1995 Event Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (New York City) news 1995 Death Peter Woods, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News, dies at 64 1995 Death Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58 1994 Death William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78 1994 Event Circulation of Netherlands Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000 1994 Event N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents 1994 Event 1st French "all news" TV, LCI, begins broadcasting 1994 Event 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens 1994 Death Peter Hacker, U.S. journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69 1994 Death Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78 1994 Death Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies 1993 Event Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment 1993 Event 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill 1993 Event Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News 1993 Event ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett 1993 Death Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78 1992 Event WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry 1992 Death Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71 1992 Event "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah 1992 Death David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1992 Death Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79 1992 Event 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks 1992 Event CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" 1991 Event NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns 1991 Event NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 1991 Death Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 Event News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby 1991 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1991 Death Kathryn Cravens, news correspondent, dies at 92 1991 Event 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton 1991 Event New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY" 1991 Event CBS News correspondant Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf 1990 Event New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1990 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1990 Death Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32 1990 Event 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless 1990 Event "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Event Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1989 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1989 Event Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show 1989 Event 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis 1989 Death Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer 1988 Death Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, U.S. singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44 1988 Event ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets 1988 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1988 Event New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 1988 Event 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers 1988 Event Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1987 Death Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS), dies at 80 1987 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1987 Event 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis 1987 Death R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1986 Death Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois 1986 Event Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News World Report) 1986 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1986 Event 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1985 Event "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 Event "News" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 4 performances 1985 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1985 Event 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell 1984 Event WNSY-AM in Newport News Virginia returns from WGH 1984 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1984 Event 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers 1984 Event Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Death Jessica Savitch, news anchor (NBC-TV), dies at 35 1983 Event WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia changes call letters to WNSY 1983 Death Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59 1983 Event 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff 1982 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1982 Event John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show 1982 Event Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network 1982 Event 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell 1982 Death Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1981 Event CNN Headline News debuts 1981 Death Stanley Clements, actor (Boys' Prison, Army Bound, Hot News), dies 1981 Event 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters 1981 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1981 Event Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News 1981 Event Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News 1980 Event 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1980 Event 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network 1980 Event Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting 1980 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1979 Event Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC) 1979 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1978 Event Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue 1977 Event Carter holds 1st news conference by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) 1977 Death Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 1977 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1977 Event NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio 1977 Death Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76 1976 Event Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of Today Show 1976 Event Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show 1976 Event NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres 1976 Event Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1976 Birthday Lynn Thomas, Newport News, Virginia, playmate, May 1997 1975 Event New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1975 Event NBC News and Information Service, a 24 hour news service, premieres on radio 1975 Event Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1975 Event "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances 1974 Event "Good News" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 16 performances 1974 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1974 Event Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show 1974 Event NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) 1973 Event Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1973 Event CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day 1972 Death Gabriel Heather, U.S. news anchor, dies at 81 1972 Death Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56 1971 Event Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show 1971 Event White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks 1970 Birthday Meeno Peluce, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Bad News Bears 1970 Event Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s 1969 Event Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion 1969 Birthday Shane Butterworth, actor, Timmy-Bad News Bears 1969 Birthday Melissa Rivers, New York City, TV hostess, MTV, CBS Morning News 1967 Event "News at 10" premieres on English TV 1966 Birthday Tricia Cast, Medford, New York, actress, Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young and Restless 1965 Birthday Debbye Turner, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, beauty queen, Miss America 1990, veterinarian, talk show host, CBS News reporter 1965 Event 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating 1965 Birthday Piers Morgan, born in England, editor of tabloids, the Daily Mirror, News of the World, judge on television show, 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'America's Got Talent' 1965 Death Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62 1965 Event Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news 1964 Event New York City news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV 1963 Event CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes 1962 Birthday Jon Stewart, born in New York City, New York, entertainer, political satirist, fake news reporter, host of 'The Daily Show' 1962 Event Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News 1961 Event Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show 1961 Event John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show 1961 Event 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy) 1960 Event CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes 1960 Event In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1960 Birthday Ian Hislop, born in Mumbles, Wales, writer, editor, Private Eye magazine, broadcaster, radio, television, team captain on BBC's 'Have I Got News for You' 1959 Death Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 1958 Birthday Deborah Norville, news anchor, Today Show, Inside Edition 1958 Event UP and International News Service merge into United Press International 1958 Birthday Holly Hunter, born in Atlanta Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade 1958 Birthday Holly Hunter, born in Conyers, Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Once Around 1957 Birthday Chris Hayes, California, rock guitarist, Huey Lewis and The News 1957 Birthday Paul Merton, born in Parsons Green, London, writer, actor, comedian, known for deadpan, dark comedic style, appeared in BBC's, 'Have I Got News for You' 1957 Birthday Amy Goodman, born in Bay Shore, New York, journalist, author, host of 'Democracy Now!' public radio news program, focusing on peace, human rights movements 1957 Birthday Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 1957 Birthday Katie Couric, born in Arlington, Virginia, TV news host, Today 1956 Event 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News) 1956 Event Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up 1956 Birthday Bill Lagattuta, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye 1956 Birthday Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning 1955 Birthday Gary Webb, born in America, investigative journalist, wrote articles for 'San Jose Mercury News' about Nicaraguan cocaine smugglers linked to CIA-backed Contras 1955 Birthday Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary 1955 Birthday Cora Ann Mahalick, New Jersey, news anchor, WNYW-TV 1955 Birthday Jimmy Fortune, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57 1955 Event 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1955 Event 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) 1954 Event USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va 1954 Birthday Stone Phillips, news host, NBC Dateline 1954 Birthday Mario Cipollina, California, rock bassist, Huey Lewis and The News 1954 Birthday Richard Schlesinger, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1954 Death Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 1953 Event Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show 1953 Birthday Sean Hopper, born in California, rock keyboardist, Huey Lewis and The News 1953 Birthday Bree Walker, news anchor, WNBC TV, KNBC TV 1952 Event 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada 1951 Birthday Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer, Huey Lewis and The News 1950 Birthday Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host, Good Morning America 1950 Birthday Kaity Tong, news anchor, WABC-TV New York City 1950 Birthday Mitchel Laurance, actor, LA Law, Not Necessarily the News 1950 Birthday Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor, WPIX, wife of Mayor Giuliani 1949 Death Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70 1949 Birthday Mary Alice Williams, news reporter, NBC-TV 1948 Event CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece 1948 Event George Polk, CBS news correspondant, body found 1948 Event 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC 1948 Birthday Jessica Savitch, Kennet Sq, Pennsylvania, news anchor, NBC 1947 Birthday Chris Wallace, born in Chicago, Illinois, newscaster, NBC Weekend News 1947 Birthday Harold Dow, Hackensack, New Jersey, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1947 Event Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News 1947 Birthday Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman 1947 Birthday Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America 1947 Event 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" 1947 Birthday Ann Compton, news reporter, ABC TV 1946 Birthday Connie Chung, Washington D.C., news ancher, NBC, CBS 1946 Birthday Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS 1946 Birthday Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor, American Anthem 1944 Birthday John Suchet, British TV journalist, Independent TV News 1944 Event "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only) 1943 Birthday Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief, Evening News, Manchester 1943 Birthday Ernie Anastos, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, news anchor, WCBS, WABC 1943 Birthday Geraldo Rivera, born in New York City, news personality, 20/20, Geraldo 1942 Birthday Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer 1941 Birthday Ed Bradley, born in Philadelphia, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes 1940 Birthday Bernard Shaw, news correspondant, CBS, CNN 1940 Birthday James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic 1940 Birthday Ted Koppel, born in Lancashire, England, news anchor, ABC Nightline 1940 Birthday Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982- 1939 Birthday Luther Allison, Mayflower, Arkansas, rock guitarist, Bad News is Coming 1939 Birthday Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News 1938 Birthday Peter Jennings, born in Toronto, Canada, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1938 Birthday Christopher Glenn, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Nightwatch 1938 Birthday Sylvia Chase, St. Paul, Minnesota, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20 1937 Birthday Joyce Bulifant, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Marie-Mary Tyler Moore Show 1937 Birthday Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News 1937 Event Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page 1937 Birthday Bob Schieffer, born in Austin, Texas, newscaster, CBS Weekend News 1936 Birthday Tom Snyder, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, radio, television, news anchor, famous for 'The Late Late Show' 1936 Birthday Lloyd Dobbins, born in Newport News, Virginia, newscaster, NBC News Overnight 1935 Birthday John Palmer, Kingsport Tennessee, news anchor, NBC Weekend News 1934 Birthday Tom Jarriel, LaGrange, Georgia, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20 1934 Birthday Bill Moyers, born in Hugo, Oklahoma, news commentator, Bill Moyers' Journal 1934 Birthday James Charles Lehrer, Wichita, Kansas, news anchor, McNeil-Lehrer Report 1933 Event 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia) 1933 Birthday Charles Osgood, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Weekend News 1932 Birthday Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1932 Birthday John Hart, born in Denver, Colorado, newsman, CBS News Retrospective, NBC News 1931 Birthday Dan Rather, born in Wharton, Texas, news anchor, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes 1931 Birthday Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist, CBS News, Court TV 1931 Birthday Richard Searby, deputy-chairman, News Corp Ltd-Australia 1931 Birthday Lawrence K. Grossman, News president, NBC-TV 1931 Birthday Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1931 Birthday Robert D Novak, Joliet, Illinois, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak 1931 Birthday Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor, NBC Weekend News, 1965-67 1931 Birthday Thomas Hoving, New York City, news correspondent, 20/20 1930 Event Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP 1930 Birthday Peter Woods, born in Britain, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News 1930 Birthday Jimmy Breslin, born in New York City, columnist, New York Post, News, Newsday 1929 Birthday James Bishop, editor, London News Publications 1928 Event WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia begins radio transmissions 1928 Birthday Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1928 Birthday Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News 1928 Birthday Sander Vanocur, born in Cleveland, Ohio, news anchor, NBC Weekend News 1927 Birthday Robert Abernethy, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Newscaster, NBC News Encore 1927 Event B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City 1927 Birthday John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA 1925 Birthday Judy Woodruff, news analyst and commentator 1925 Birthday Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs 1925 Birthday Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1925 Event U.S.S.R.'s official news agency TASS forms 1924 Birthday Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973 1924 Event 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in New York City Daily News 1923 Birthday Frank Reynolds, E Chicago, Indiana, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Birthday Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death 1923 Birthday Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News 1922 Birthday Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1922 Birthday Theresa Merritt, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Mama-That's My Mama 1921 Birthday Frank McGee, born in Monroe, Louisiana, news anchor, NBC Evening News 1921 Birthday Rowland Evans, born in White Marsh, Pennsylvania, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak 1920 Birthday Walter Matthau, New York City, actor, Odd Couple, Bad News Bears 1920 Event Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air 1920 Birthday David Brinkley, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, NBC news anchor, Huntley-Brinkley 1919 Event N.Y. Daily News begins publishing 1919 Birthday Andy Rooney, born in Albany, New York, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes 1918 Birthday Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director, ANP/Reuter 1918 Birthday Paul Harvey, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'Rest of the Story' 1918 Birthday Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News, Virginia, jazz singer, Is it live or Memorex 1918 Birthday Pearl Bailey, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Hello Dolly 1917 Birthday Sydney J. Harris, born in London, England, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma' 1917 Birthday Douglas Edwards, born in Alda, Oklahoma, newscaster, CBS Evening News, FYI 1917 Birthday Charles Collingwood, Michigan, news commentator, CBS, Chronicles 1916 Birthday Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81 1916 Birthday Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1912 Birthday Eric Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster, CBS Weekend News 1912 Birthday Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News 1908 Birthday Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Massachusetts, newscaster, All Star News 1907 Birthday Cecil Brown, news correspondent, CBS 1906 Birthday John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman, Timex 1904 Birthday Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59 1904 Birthday John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator 1902 Birthday Morgan Beatty, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, news anchor, Du Mont Evening News 1902 Birthday Quentin Reynolds, New York City, newscaster, Its News to Me, author, FBI 1900 Birthday Quincy Howe, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, CBS Weekend News 1900 Birthday Lawrence E Spivak, born in Brooklyn, New York, news panelist, Meet the Press 1900 Event Associated Press News Service forms in New York 1900 Event Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative 1899 Death Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies 1897 Event N.Y. Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" 1889 Death Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', dies 1885 Event News of fall of Khartoum reaches London 1884 Birthday Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News 1879 Event News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London 1878 Event Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1877 Event 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass 1862 Event Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah 1846 Event 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News" 1844 Event 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot 1842 Event 1st edition of London Illustrated News 1816 Birthday Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service 1814 Birthday Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer'
