2015 Event Search and rescue efforts continue for missing passengers of a cruise ship that capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River during a tornado; there are 14 survivors to date, with most of the 456 passengers still missing 2002 Death Roone Arledge, TV innovator, crated NFL Monday Night Football, dies at 71 1995 Death Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77 1989 Event 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 Event 1st Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23 1987 Event "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record 1985 Death Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68 1984 Event Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football 1979 Event 1st Monday night game from New York City, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad) 1977 Event Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner 1976 Event Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire 1970 Event "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21 1966 Event Mamas and Papas win gold record for "Monday, Monday" 1966 Event Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1 1965 Event A's draft Rick Monday #1 1962 Death Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60 1961 Birthday Kenny Monday, Tulsa Oklahoma, 163 lbs freestyles wrestler, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics 1956 Birthday Barney Sumner, rock guitarist and vocalist, New Order-Blue Monday 1949 Birthday Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster, Monday Night Football 1949 Birthday Jim Lampley, born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, newscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1947 Birthday Steve Stone, born in Cleveland, Ohio, sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1946 Birthday Tommy Lee Jones, actor, Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive 1945 Birthday Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football 1943 Birthday "Mama" Cass Elliot, actress, Mamas and Papas-Monday Monday 1940 Birthday Joe Flaherty, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian, SCTV, Blue Monday 1938 Birthday Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL quarterback, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football 1928 Birthday Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football 1927 Birthday Jim Simpson, Washington D.C., sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1926 Event Belgium's "black monday," franc falls 1924 Birthday Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director, Monday's Child 1923 Birthday Chris Schenkel, Biuppus, Indiana, sportscaster, Monday Night Fights 1923 Birthday Jan Sterling, born in New York City, actress, 1st Monday in October, HS Confidential 1918 Birthday Howard Cosell, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sportscaster, Monday Night Football 1917 Birthday 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 Birthday Ronald Neame, director, 1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure 1901 Birthday Ted Husing, New York City, sportscaster, Monday Night Fights
