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A young Jay Leno (above) debuted as the new permanent
host of NBC’s "Tonight Show" on this day in 1992.
Billy Crystal as Jay Leno’s first guest on the ‘Tonight Show’.
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25
May
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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26
Oct
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 2001, President George W. Bush signs the renewal of
the U.S. Patriot Act after a long battle with Congress.
Pat Sajak (Patrick Leonard Sajdak) is 73 today.
Sajak is a former weatherman and talk show host, best
known as the host of the syndicated television game
show Wheel of Fortune.
“Wheel of Fortune” hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White.
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23
Jan
IT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1968, North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation’s territorial waters on a
spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later.
The Pueblo’s mission began in early January, 1968, when the crew
set off from the U.S. Navy base on Yokosuka, Japan with orders to conduct surveillance on Soviet Navy and North Korean signal and electronic intelligence activity.
Pueblo, is still being held by North Korea today, officially remains
a commissioned vessel of the United States Navy. Since early 2013,
the ship has been moored along the Potong River in Pyongyang, and
used there as a museum ship at the Pyongyang Victorious War
Museum.
The captured crew (above) were beaten and nearly starved in the
incident that almost led to another war.
Pueblo on display in North Korea, 2012.
North Koreans raise their fists during a rally in 2010 in front of the
U.S. Navy spy ship Pueblo.
On this day in 1977, the TV mini-series "Roots," began airing on ABC. The show was based on the Alex Haley novel. Roots received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a
Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented
Nielsen ratings for the finale, which still holds a record as the third-highest-rated episode for any type of television series, and the
second-most watched overall series finale in U.S. television
history.
LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, a warrior of the Mandinka people
in Gambia who is captured by slavers and taken to Annapolis,
Md.
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005)
Television host, comedian, writer, and producer Johnny Carson was
best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(1962–1992) on NBC. Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Television
Academy‘s 1980 Governor’s Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was
inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987 awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center
Honor in 1993.
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01
Oct
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY
TIM MAGUIRE
The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford (below) on
this day in 1908. The purchase price of the car was $850.
Game one of the first modern World Series took place at Boston’s Huntington Avenue Ball Field (above) on this day in 1903. It was
between the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Boston prevailed five games to three, winning the last four.
On this day in 1962, Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight"
show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar
was the previous host.
Host Johnny Carson, right, appears with the show’s announcer
Ed McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" on
May 22, 1992.
Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL. on this day in 1971.
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16
Aug
NEW HOST DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1954
Jack Paar replaced Walter Cronkite as host of "The Morning Show"
on CBS-TV.
Singer Julius La Rosa, left, makes a guest appearance on “The
Morning Show” with host Jack Paar.
Anchorman Walter Cronkite, host of CBS Television’s ‘The
Morning Show,’ with his daily guest, Charlemane the lion,
one of the Bill and Cora Baird Puppets.
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