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2012 Event - Investments to and from Pakistan are now permitted by the Reserve Bank of India 2012 Event - Jamaican runner Usain Bolt wins his third gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, anchors the sprint relay team to a world record; Bolt is 25 years old and now holds six Olympic gold medals 2012 Event - Archeologist excavating the Templo Mayor, one of the Aztec's main temples in their capital city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico city), make an unprecedented find - the skeleton of a young woman inside a burial, surrounded by piles of 1,789 human bones 2012 Event - King Jong-un, son of King Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea; he also now holds the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army 2012 Event - Yahoo and Facebook agree to settle a patent dispute, dropping lawsuits against each other and now forming an advertising and content-sharing alliance that expands an existing partnership between the two companies 2012 Event - The U.S. Census Bureau reports the world now has 7 billion people 2011 Event - Together with male and female, 'indeterminate' can now be listed as a gender on Australian passports 2011 Event - HSBC bank announces it will cut 5,000 jobs now and 25,000 jobs by 2013 2011 Event - Prince Albert II of Monaco weds Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock at the royal palace; Wittstock is now known as Her Serene Highness, Princess Charlene 2011 Event - The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami death toll now exceeds 15,000 with 9,000 still missing and 115,000 evacuees still living in shelters 2011 Event - Libya's military operations are now under the NATO control 2011 Event - At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Lady Antebellum wins the Song of the Year and Record of the Year award for the song, 'Need You Now' 2010 Event - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad publicly declares Palestinians have changed; they are now fully committed to non-violence 2010 Event - The Paris Masters final is won by Sweden's Robin Soderling, a first major win for the player, now ranked fourth in the world of tennis 2010 Event - In the Swiss Alps, final breakthrough occurs on the east bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now the world's longest railway tunnel 2010 Event - Pastor Terry Jones announces that the Dove Outreach Center will not burn the Koran, 'not now, not ever' 1992 Event - Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow and blue 1991 Death - Regis Toomey, actor (You're in the Army Now, Burke's Law), dies at 93 1988 Event - Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley 1987 Event - WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format 1986 Event - WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG) 1986 Event - KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN) 1985 Event - KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) 1984 Event - Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1983 Event - KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) 1982 Event - KGB-AM in San Diego, California changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) 1982 Birthday - Gaby Hoffman, actress, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then 1981 Death - Deborah Baltzell, actress (Karen-I'm a Big Girl Now), dies at 25 1979 Birthday - James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent 1978 Event - New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks 1978 Event - 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years) 1975 Event - KTW-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX) 1974 Birthday - Bryan White, born in Lawton, Oklahoma, singer, songwriter, albums 'Bryan White', 'Between Now and Forever' certified platinum, album 'The Right Place' certified gold 1973 Death - Guy Middleton, actor (Fur Collar, Now and Forever), dies at 65 1972 Event - WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast 1972 Event - KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event - WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast 1972 Event - Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1971 Event - Hasj falls from now on under(neath) the Opiumwet 1971 Event - KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast 1971 Event - WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins 1971 Birthday - Tiffany [Renee Darwich], Norwalk Cal, singer, I Think We're Alone Now 1971 Event - KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins 1971 Event - WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBN) begins broadcasting 1971 Event - WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event - 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents) 1971 Event - WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event - WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast 1970 Birthday - Tiffany, Renee Darwisch, rocker, I Think We're Alone Now 1970 Event - KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, Arizona (NBC) 1st broadcast 1970 Event - KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event - KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast 1969 Event - WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast 1969 Event - WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, New Hampshire (IND) 1st broadcast 1969 Event - WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event - WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event - KHOF (now KAGL) TV ch 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, California (IND) begins 1969 Event - WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event - WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, California (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event - WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1968 Event - KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, California (CBS) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1968 Event - WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, California (ABC) begins 1968 Event - KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins 1968 Event - WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 220 performances 1968 Event - WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, Kentucky (ABC) 1st broadcast 1968 Event - KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast 1967 Event - KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event - "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 220 performances 1967 Event - KMXN (now KJTV) TV channel 34 in Lubbock, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event - KGSC (now KICU) TV channel 36 in San Jose, California (IND) begins 1967 Event - KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins 1967 Event - KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS) 1967 Event - WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event - WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast 1967 Event - KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins 1966 Event - WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins 1966 Event - KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event - KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event - KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, California begins 1966 Event - KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event - WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event - WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting 1966 Birthday - Freedom Williams, rock vocalist, C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now 1966 Event - WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast 1966 Birthday - Tracii Guns, rock guitarist, LA Guns-It's Over Now 1965 Event - WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting 1965 Event - WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event - WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (ABC) begins 1965 Event - KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event - KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Birthday - Tracy Chapman, U.S. singer and songwriter, Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car 1963 Birthday - Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now' 1963 Event - Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda 1963 Event - George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" 1963 Event - WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting 1962 Event - WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast 1962 Event - KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event - WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event - KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast 1962 Event - WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday - Shirlie Hollman, rocker, Pepsi and Shirley-All Right Now 1962 Birthday - Phil Lewis, born in London, England, rock vocalist, LA Guns-It's Over Now 1961 Event - KMED (now KTVL) TV channel 10 in Medford, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Birthday - Toby Keith, born in Clinton, Oklahoma, country singer, hit singles include, 'Should've Been a Cowboy', 'How Do You Like Me Now?', toured with the USO 1961 Birthday - Alexander Payne, born in Omaha, Nebraska, film director, screenwriter, co-wrote, 'About Schmidt' and 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' 1961 Event - Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps 1960 Event - KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting 1960 Event - KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast 1960 Event - British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain 1960 Event - KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins 1960 Event - WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st broadcast 1960 Event - WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event - KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins 1959 Event - KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast 1959 Event - WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event - KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) 1958 Event - Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France 1958 Event - KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event - KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1958 Event - WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event - WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, Puerto Rico (PTC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event - KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast 1957 Event - KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins 1957 Event - WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast 1957 Event - WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast 1957 Event - WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast 1957 Birthday - Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then 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 Event - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins 1956 Event - KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast 1956 Event - WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast 1956 Event - KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event - WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins 1956 Event - WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting 1956 Birthday - Helen Terry, rocker, Now You're Mine 1956 Event - KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland 1956 Event - KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 1956 Event - WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event - KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting 1955 Event - WHTN (now WOWK) TV ch 13 in Huntington-Charleston, WV (CBS) begins 1955 Event - KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event - KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 Event - WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 Event - KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event - KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event - KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 Event - WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins 1955 Event - KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 Event - WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins 1954 Event - KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event - KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Event - WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, New York (NBC) begins 1954 Event - WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event - KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event - WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins 1954 Event - WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Birthday - Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce 1954 Event - WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event - KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event - KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 1954 Event - Edward R. Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy on 'See it Now' 1954 Event - WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (NBC) begins 1953 Event - KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (CBS) 1st broadcasting 1953 Event - WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins 1953 Event - WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, Idaho (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft. Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union 1953 Event - KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, Arizona (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (IND) begins 1953 Event - WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins 1953 Event - KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, Missouri (CBS) begins 1953 Event - WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins 1953 Event - WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (MET) begins 1953 Event - WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins 1953 Event - WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins 1953 Event - KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, Texas (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins 1953 Event - KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, California (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event - WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins 1953 Event - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday - Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1953 Event - KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins 1953 Event - WLVirginia (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, Virginia (ABC) begins 1953 Event - NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts) 1952 Event - WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1952 Event - KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Event - KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Birthday - Vladimir Putin, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, second President of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister of Russia 1952 Event - New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1952 Birthday - Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1951 Event - "See it Now" premieres on TV 1950 Event - WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 1950 Event - WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event - WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event - WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event - WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event - KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (CBS) begins 1949 Event - WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event - WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, New York (IND) begins 1949 Event - WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event - WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event - WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event - WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Birthday - Ross Valory, SF, rock bassist, Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms 1949 Event - KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, California (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event - WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, D.C. (CBS) 1st broadcast 1948 Event - WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event - WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (NBC) begins 1948 Birthday - Daniel Seraphine, Chicago, rock drummer, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now 1948 Event - WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event - WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event - KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast 1948 Event - KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, California (CBS) 1st broadcast 1948 Event - WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins 1947 Event - KPO-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR) 1947 Event - WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins 1947 Event - WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event - KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting 1946 Event - U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1946 Birthday - Terry Kath, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now 1945 Event - KLS-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA) 1945 Birthday - Linda Scott, singer, Hey Look at Me Now 1944 Death - Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1944 Birthday - Robert Lamm, New York City, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now 1944 Birthday - Jackie DeShannon, Hazel Kentucky, singer, What the World Needs Now 1944 Event - WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast 1944 Birthday - Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons' 1942 Birthday - Derek Quinn, guitarist, Freddie and Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now 1942 Birthday - Eduard Visser, Dutch writer, Fyffes are now called Chiquita 1941 Event - WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1941 Event - WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in New York City (NBC) begins broadcasting 1941 Birthday - Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger, Now That the Buffalo Are Gone 1941 Event - Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center 1940 Birthday - Clem Curtis, born in Trinidad, singer, lead vocalist for The Foundations, a British soul group, including hits, 'Baby Now That I've Found You', 'Back On My Feet Again', 'Any Old Time' 1940 Birthday - Freddie Garrity, rocker, Freddie and the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now 1940 Event - 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings 1940 Birthday - Johnny Nash, born in Houston, Texas, rocker, I Can See Clearly Now 1939 Birthday - Francis Ford Coppola, born in Detroit, director, Godfather, Apocalypse Now 1939 Birthday - Eleanor Smeal, feminist/president, NOW 1937 Birthday - Chuck Jackson, born in Latta, South Carolina, singer, Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry 1937 Birthday - Ken Palmer, cricketer, 1-190 in only Test for England, now Test ump 1937 Event - Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise 1936 Event - KVL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KEEN (now KING) 1936 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam 1936 Event - Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation 1935 Birthday - Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1935 Event - KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC) 1935 Birthday - James Graham, born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Africa, 8th Duke of Montrose, the only Duke with a seat in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer 1935 Event - WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ) 1934 Event - Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran 1934 Birthday - Albert W. Hall, actor, Apocalypse Now 1932 Birthday - Aharon Appelfeld, born near Czernowitz, Romania, now Ukraine, Israeli novelist, Holocaust survivor, Hebrew-language author with modernistic, metaphorical writing style 1931 Event - Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game 1930 Event - Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double 1930 Event - WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions 1928 Birthday - Veijo Meri, born in Viipuri, now Vyborg, Russia, writer, novelist, poet, focuses on absurdity of war, published biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1928 Event - Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City) 1927 Birthday - Jane Withers, Georgia, actress, All Together Now, Josephine the plumber 1926 Birthday - Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor, And Now My Love 1926 Birthday - Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1925 Birthday - Peter Sellers, born in England, actor, not now, Kato, Bobo, Pink Panther 1925 Event - Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) 1925 Event - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR) 1921 Birthday - Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 1918 Birthday - Katherine Grant, born in Scotland, Countess of Dysart, Lady Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus, now 12th Countess of Dysart, a Scottish peeress, referenced as Baroness Huntingtower 1917 Event - 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce 1916 Event - Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract 1915 Event - Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF 1913 Event - Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) 1912 Birthday - William Douglas-Home, playwright, Now .. Barabbas 1910 Birthday - Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now 1907 Birthday - Leon Edel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, biographer, literary critic, wrote biography of Henry James, won Pulitzer Prize, wrote on James Joyce, taught literature at Sir George Williams University, now Concordia University 1907 Birthday - Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York 1904 Event - Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1901 Event - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1900 Event - Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League 1897 Event - Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) 1891 Event - British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) forms 1865 Birthday - Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1863 Event - Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho) 1858 Event - Confederacion Granadina (now Colombia) forms 1853 Event - Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico 1848 Event - Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) 1845 Event - Naval School (now called U.S. Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis 1835 Event - 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF) 1834 Event - Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) 1791 Event - Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) 1788 Event - Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded 1788 Death - Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement, dies 1778 Event - Captain Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii 1773 Event - Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago 1730 Birthday - Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement 1691 Event - New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth 1682 Event - William Penn lands at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania 1674 Event - Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago 1652 Event - New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1644 Event - England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1628 Event - 1st deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass 1207 Birthday - Rumi, born in Balkh, Khorasan, now Afghanistan, Mawlana, Mawlawi, poet, theologian, wrote, the six books of the Masnavi, influenced Persian literature |
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