Today in History from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/images/tvnewsicon.jpg Vanderbilt Television News Archive http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu 18 18 Interesting events that occurred today in history selected from the collection of news broadcasts held by the Vanderbilt Television News Archive which has been preserving national news broadcasts since August 5, 1968. Visit the Archive on the Web at: http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu. en-us Copyright 2009 Vanderbilt University 2009-07-2T20:37:14+06:00 daily 1 2004-01-01T12:00:00+06:00 Jul 15 1971: Texas / Horses / Sleeping Sickness http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=217984 (1971). (Studio) Sleeping sickness killing horses in Texas and Mexico.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(San Antonio, Texas) 600 people, 3,000 horses have sleeping sickness in Tamaulipas, Mexico; Mexico President Luis Echeverria Alvarez calls for meeting of US-Mexico officials to coordinate battle against sleeping sickness. [Jesus GARZA - tells of coming down with disease.] 500 horses in Texas have disease; all Texas horses under quarantine, including Ringling Brothers Circus horses.
REPORTER: David Dick (KGBT-TV film)

(Atlanta, Georgia)[Dr. Charles CALISCHER - says strain of virus seems to kill older animals fast.]
REPORTER: Charles Thompson

CBS Jul 15 1971: Flipper Dies http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=458800 (1971). (Studio) Porpoise Flipper dies of heart attack.
REPORTER: David Brinkley NBC Jul 15 1974: Television Talk Show Hostess / Shoots Self http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=32349 (1974). (Studio) In Sarasota, Florida, 29 year old talk show hostess Christine Chubbuck shoots herself while on live TV.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith ABC Jul 01 2005: George W. Bush Statement Re: Sandra Day O'Connor Retirement http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=794930 (2005). Live CNN coverage and analysis of President George W. Bush's statement re: the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. NOTE: The record is incomplete. CNN Jul 01 1971: 26th Amendment Ratification http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=458695 (1971). (Studio) 26th amendment giving 18-yr.-olds right to vote ratified.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Columbus, Ohio) Ohio 38th state to ratify amendment. [State Representative Frederick YOUNG - tells other representatives enfranchising largest group since women.]
REPORTER: Steve Delaney

(Studio) Opinion analyst Samuel Lubell believes new voters could defeat President Nixon in 1972 election.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(No location given) [LUBELL - tells of young people's shift away from President Nixon, due to Vietnam war, economy; says young will vote against Nixon unless Democrats nomination candidate taking no stand against Vietnam War.]
REPORTER: Paul Duke

NBC Jun 30 1971: Draft Law Expiration http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=217744 (1971). (Studio) Selective Service System to halt draft at midnight.
REPORTER: John Hart

(DC) Draft law expires at midnight; House-Senator conference committee unable to agree on new draft law; military manpower said sufficient for next 2 mos.; Senator bill has attached Mansfield amendment, causing deadlock.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

CBS Jun 30 1974: Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. Murdered http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=477498 (1974). (Studio) Mrs. Martin Luther King Senior shot to death in Atlanta, Georgia, church.
REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

(Atlanta, Georgia) Church members describe shooting. Gunman identified as Marcus Wayne Chenault of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. King shot while playing organ. Deacon in church also killed; 3rd person in satisfactory condition. [Atlanta Mayor Maynard JACKSON - doesn't think today's events have anything to do with earlier racial tension in city.]
REPORTER: Kenley Jones (WSB-TV film)

(Studio) Executive director NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Roy Wilkins expresses sorrow and anger over Mrs. King's death.
REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

NBC Jun 29 1970: Moscow / Reporter Expelled http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=210620 (1970). (Studio) CBS' Moscow correspondent William Cole expelled; no details given.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner CBS Jun 29 1975: White / Repeats Crime http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=483494 (1975). (Studio) 2 years ago, Herman White sent to jail for throwing young daughters from 3rd floor window; White gets wkend. pass from prison this wkend. and repeats his crime.
REPORTER: Tom Snyder NBC Jun 29 1977: Huntsville / Baker's Birthday http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=252908 (1977). (Studio) There's celebration in Huntsville, Alabama, for important part in American space program.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Huntsville, Alabama) (Army film shown.) 1st 2 monkeys to successfully complete space flight made flight in nose cone of Jupiter missile on May 28, 1959. 1 monkey died few days later; details noted. Baker, lived on and eventually mated with Big George, who flunked out of space school. (Navy photograph shown.) Baker and Big George live at Alabama Space and Rocket Center; Today Center celebrates Baker's 20th birthday.
REPORTER: Ed Rabel

CBS Jun 24 1971: Self-Flying Plane http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=217605 (1971). (Studio) Pilot Charles Fox's private plane in Yuma, Arizona, takes off without pilot after Fox starts it manually from outside plane; plane circles for hrs. over desert; crashes after running out of gas.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite CBS Jun 24 1974: Ford / Golf Game http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=234995 (1974). (Studio) Gerald Ford's and Spiro Agnew's golf and tennis game compared.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(Minneapolis, Minnesota) [Tom GERARD - says he was hit in head by Vice President Ford's golf ball.]
REPORTER: No reporter given

CBS Jun 24 1993: New York, New York / Terrorist Bomb Plot http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=351193 (1993). (UN: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Washington: Rita Braver) Thwarting of a Moslem fundamentalist terrorist plot to set off bombs in several locations in New York City featured; exclusive CBS News videotape of the FBI bringing in suspects shown; map shown of the targets: the UN, the FBI building and two tunnels. [FBI's James FOX - comments.] The plotters' hopes of killing United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Senator Alfonse D'Amato mentioned. Linking of the group to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, whose followers allegedly bombed the World Trade Center, noted. [June 16, ABDEL RAHMAN - (thru translator) says America is accountable for supporting Mubarak.] The backgrounds of the suspects outlined on screen; artist sketches shown. [US attorney Mary Jo WHITE - comments on the arrests.]

(UN: Dan Rather) The target sites for the plot detailed; scenes shown from the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels and the United Nations buildings; animation used to show the damage a bomb could cause in the tunnel. [Three DRIVERS, civil engineering specialist Christian MEYER - speculate about a tunnel bombing.] [On streets, two PEOPLE; terrorism expert Robert KUPPERMAN - comment.]

CBS Jun 23 1969: Supreme Court / Warren To Burger http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=446163 (1969). (Studio) Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren ends 16 years at Court as he swears in Warren Burger as new Chief Justice. Court adjourns until October
REPORTER: David Brinkley

(DC) President Nixon speaks to Court at swearing-in ceremony. Speaks of controversy of liberal court; praises retiring Warren. Warren moved by tribute. After Burger sworn in, 3 posed for pictures on Court steps.
REPORTER: Douglas Kiker Artist: Van Beverly

(Studio) Warren turned Court into vast power center His presence reflected by John Bircher's "Impeach Earl Warren" signs. No one ever heard of Warren's predecessor, Fred Vinson. Court center of final authority accountable to no one; won't always be so liberal.
REPORTER: David Brinkley

NBC Jun 23 1982: Spy Identification http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=284413 (1982). (Studio) President Reagan, at CIA headquarters, reported signing legislation making it crime to reveal identity of spies; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather CBS Jun 23 2008: Carlin Death http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=908498 (2008). (Studio: Brian Williams) The death of comedian George Carlin noted. (Los Angeles: George Lewis) Carlin's comedy and his love of language reviewed; performance clips, including the 7 banned words, shown. NBC Jun 22 1972: Pitcairn Island http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=464744 (1972). (Studio) In 1789 in Pacific Ocean, crew of Her (His) Majesty's Ship Bounty mutinied against Captain William Bligh. Mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, who settled on Pitcairn Island,and his progeny have lived there since. Great-great-great grandson Thomas Christian, is now head of family. French nuclear weapons test forces family off island.
REPORTER: John Chancellor NBC Jun 22 1987: Astaire / Death http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=556811 (1987). (Studio: Tom Brokaw) Death of Fred Astaire reported; scenes from "Top Hat" shown. [Ginger ROGERS, Jerome ROBBINS, Rudolf NUREYEV - react to news.] [Robyn SMITH - describes husband's final moments.] Reactions of Irving Berlin, Gene Kelly, Mikhail Baryshnikov quoted.

(NYC: John Hart) Astaire's life and career reviewed; scenes from numerous films shown. George Balanchine's praise of Astaire quoted.

(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Anchor's first meeting with Astaire described; Bob Hope quoted.

NBC Jun 22 2003: White House / T-Ball Game http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=731619 (2003). (Studio: Martin Savidge) A T-ball game, in honor of men & women in uniform, on the White House lawn mentioned; scenes shown. CNN Jun 19 1977: Neumann Canonization http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=252655 (1977). (Studio) John Neumann becomes 1st United States male saint.
REPORTER: Morton Dean

(Rome, Italy) Ceremony filmed, with Pope Paul presiding. [PAUL - announces canonization of Neumann.] Neumann's life recalled. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, role in Neumann's life noted. Philadelphia archbishop John (Cardinal) Krol instrumental in canonization. Neumann's humility noted.
REPORTER: Richard Threlkeld

(Studio) Philadelphia services for occasion reported.
REPORTER: Morton Dean

CBS Jun 19 1987: Supreme Court / Creationism http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=556760 (1987). (Studio: Tom Brokaw) Creationism theory defined.

(DC: Carl Stern) Supreme Court decision on LA's creation science law and background to creationism versus evolution battle in public schools examined; details given, scenes shown. John Scopes' 1925 conviction for teaching evolution in Tennessee recalled; historical footage shown. [Teacher plaintiff Don. AGUILLARO - explains bringing suit.] [LA law's author Bill KEITH - considers evolution science fiction.] Majority opinion of Justice William Brennan and dissenting opinion of Justices William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia outlined. National Academy of Sciences study's findings in 1984 examination of creationism recalled. [Academy spokesperson Frank PRESS - believes creationists are trying to hide religious doctrine behind constitution.] [Governor Edwin EDWARDS - isn't surprised by ruling.] [Presidential candidate Pat ROBERTSON - considers decision an outrage.] [LA Interchurch Conf. spokesperson Reverend Jimmy STOVALL - disagrees.] (Artist: Art Lien)

(Studio: Tom Brokaw) [LA attorney general Wendell BIRD - explains creationists' effort to interpret theory as science rather than religion; doesn't believe fight to teach creationism in public schools is over; claims majority of Americans support his position.]

NBC Jun 16 1972: Sirhan Sentence http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=21069 (1972). (Studio) California Supreme Court upholds murder conviction of Sirhan B. Sirhan, slayer of Senator Robert Kennedy. Sentence changed from death to life imprisonment, conforming with abolition of capital punishment in California.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner ABC Jun 16 1972: Meinhoff Capture http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=464618 (1972). (Studio) Female leader of German terrorIst gang, Ulricke Meinhoff, captured near Hanover, West Ger. Male leader, Andreas Baader, caught earlier.
REPORTER: John Chancellor NBC Jun 16 1977: Brezhnev / New President USSR http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=252605 (1977). (Studio) Leonid Brezhnev newly elected President of USSR as well as Communist party head.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Moscow, USSR ) Brezhnev elected by unanimous vote. Move expected since removal of President Nikolai Podgorny. Podgorny not mentioned in day's ceremony. Brezhnev most powerful Russian since Joseph Stalin. REPORTER: Bernard Redmont

CBS Jun 16 1977: Seaver Leaves Mets http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=252629 (1977). (Studio) New York Mets fans always vociferous.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(New York) 1969 World Series winner, New York Mets; film shown. Much credit given pitcher Tom Seaver. Mets refuse to negotiate new contract for Seaver. Seaver traded to Cincinnati. [SEAVER - is emotional trying to thank fans.] Fans berate Mets board chairperson M. Donald Grant. [FANS - react to Grant.] [GRANT - gives reason for trading Seaver.] Basketball's Julius Erving, football's Joe Namath and now Seaver all leave New York within 1 year
REPORTER: Sam Ford

CBS Jun 15 1972: Rolls Royce http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=464595 (1972). (Studio) Rolls Royce testing featured.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Crewe, England) Rolls Royce hires fanatics to road test nev cars for 150 mile before delivery. Chauffeur John Baldersten make sure ride is so smooth one can sip a glass of champagne at 80 mph. Sound expert Frank Eaton hunts down, hammers away body work noises. Obsessive dedication to quality pays off; production can't keep up with demand, even with prices of $35,000 each [EATON - describes corrections he can make by riding in trunk.]
REPORTER: George Montgomery

NBC Jun 15 1973: Icarus II / Gliders http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=26320 (1973). (Studio) Interest in science widespread especially by young. Documentary on young scientists presented on ABC tonight.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

(No location given) 18 year old Tarus Kisenick designs hand glider with special rudder to remain airborne a record 2 hrs. 26 minute [While in Icarus II KISENICK - says feels like bird.] Young scientists overcomes impossibilities baffling others for centuries. REPORTER: Jules Bergman

ABC Jun 15 1983: West Virginia / Handicapped Motorized Vehicle http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=531069 (1983). (Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(Vienna, West Virginia) Legal controversy over Jack Myers' use of motorized 3-wheel bike on city streets due to his partial paralysis examined; background explained. [MYERS - notes chair is his freedom.] [Neighbor Doris McGINNIS - defs. Myers' right to independence.] [POLICEMAN - tickets Myers.] [West Virginia secretary state A. James MANCHIN - hopes for change in red tape.] [Motor vehicle commissioner Virginia ROBERTS - notes safety aspect.] [MYERS - thinks law should be changed.]
REPORTER: Cassandra Clayton

NBC Jun 11 2002: Ireland / McCartney-Mills Wedding http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=702936 (2002). (Studio: Tom Brokaw) The wedding of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and former model Heather Mills in Ireland reported; photo shown. NBC Jun 11 1987: England / Elections http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=316104 (1987). (Studio: Bob Schieffer) Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher said apparently winning reelec.; historical significance of feat noted. Scenes shown. CBS Jun 10 1975: France / Prostitute Strike http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=240397 (1975). (Studio) Police break up week long French prostitute strike demanding end to police harassment and social discrimination. President Giscard d'Estaing says cabinet minister to be assigned to study problem.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite CBS Jun 10 1969: Pope / Geneva http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/tvn-hist-viewevent.pl?RC=446005 (1969). (Studio) Pope Paul visits Geneva, Switzerland, and Protestant and Orthodox leaders in World Council Churches. Says Catholic mbrship. in organization long way off.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley

(Geneva, Switzerland) Unprecedented for Pope to visit "Protestant Rome." [Head Org. Dr. Eugene Carson BLAKE - says visit shows ecumenical movement flows on.] Pope indicates Vatican won't compromise fundamentals for unity. Group prays "Lord's Prayer."
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine

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