CBS (1953) | Firsts | Dec 13, 1953
KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, Kansas (CBS) begins broadcasting.
James Dean First On-Screen Appearance (1950) | Milestones | Dec 13, 1950
James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial.
Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt (1972) | Finales | Dec 13, 1972
Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or “Moonwalk” of Apollo 17. As of 2021, they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
Richard Pryor (1975) | Firsts | Dec 13, 1975
First time NBC TV’s Saturday Night Live uses a time delay, when comedian Richard Pryor hosts.
NBC Television, RCA (1937) | Firsts | Dec 12, 1937
NBC & RCA send the first mobile-TV vans onto the streets of New York City for news gathering duties.
Autumn Jackson, Bill Cosby (1997) | Judicial / Criminal Events | Dec 12, 1997
A federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claimed to be Bill Cosby’s daughter, to 26 months in prison for attempting to extort $40 million from the comedian.
Winona Ryder (2001) | Judicial / Criminal Events | Dec 12, 2001
Winona Ryder is arrested on shoplifting charges in Beverly Hills, California.
NBC Television (1948) | Firsts | Dec 10, 1948
WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting.
CBS (1948) | Firsts | Dec 11, 1948
WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting.
NBC Television (1949) | Firsts | Dec 11, 1949
WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) airs its first broadcast.
KTVA TV (1953) | Firsts | Dec 11, 1953
KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska’s first TV station.
Che Guevara (1964) | Appearances | Dec 11, 1964
Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1968) | Concerts | Dec 11, 1968
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.
NASA (1972) | Finales | Dec 11, 1972
Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
Jimmy Burke (1978) | Judicial / Criminal Events | Dec 11, 1978
The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.