2012 Event The Polar Music Prize is awarded to Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma 2012 Event At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' 2003 Death "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed 1984 Event August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City 1975 Death Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 85 1971 Event WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Death Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83 1964 Death Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76 1964 Event WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin 1962 Event MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA 1961 Death Ma Ferguson, American Politician 1960 Event "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 835 performances 1960 Event CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series 1958 Event "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 835 performances 1957 Event WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast 1956 Birthday Peter Teravainen, Plymouth MA USA, Australasia golfer 1955 Birthday Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician 1955 Event WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 1953 Event WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins 1953 Event WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins 1953 Event WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 Birthday [Ma]Tina Weymouth, Coronado California, rock bassist, Talking Heads-& She Was 1948 Event "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 188 performances 1948 Event WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 188 performances 1946 Event 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mount Greylock, MA 1939 Death Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer/composer, dies at 53 1937 Event 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) 1929 Birthday Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor 1928 Event Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made 1925 Event Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor 1924 Event Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas) 1924 Death Louise MA, princess of Belgium, dies at 66 1921 Event WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions 1920 Death Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies 1919 Event 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21 1913 Event 19th U.S. Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA 1912 Event Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1888 Birthday Percy Kilbride, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle 1887 Birthday Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA 1886 Birthday Ma Rainey, Gertrude Pridgett, "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer 1886 Event 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA 1882 Event Bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres 1882 Birthday Ida Moore, born in Altoona, Kansas, actress, Mr. Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1875 Birthday Ma Ferguson, American Politician 1872 Birthday GW Bitzer, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer, Roxbury MA 1857 Death Pierr-Jean Beranger, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858, dies 1798 Death Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73 1780 Birthday Pierr-Jean Beranger, born in Paris, France, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858 1749 Event General fast because of drought in MA 1725 Birthday Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life 1678 Event Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford 1668 Event Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1646 Event Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent 1629 Event 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in U.S. founded (Salem, MA) 1620 Event Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA
