2011 Event U.S. nightly news host Katie Couric announces she will will no longer host the 'CBS Evening News' 1985 Event Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins 1980 Event ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline" 1979 Event Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC) 1979 Event ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage 1976 Event NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres 1976 Event Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1965 Event Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news 1942 Event Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast 1940 Birthday Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982-
