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.
First Female Writer Wins Nobel Prize in Literature (1909) | Milestones | Dec 10, 1909
Selma Lagerlöf, author of the 1894 short story Invisible Links and 1897 novel The Miracles of Antichrist becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
CBS (1926) | Firsts | Dec 10, 1926
First radio broadcast in the Springfield, Massachusetts area was aired on WCBS.
Phrase "Grand Ole Opry" Heard First Time On-Air (1927) | Milestones | Dec 10, 1927
The phrase “Grand Ole Opry” is used for the first time on-air. At the time, the NBC Red Network’s Music Appreciation Hour, a program with classical music and selections from grand opera, was followed by George D. Hay’s Barn Dance. That evening, as he was introducing the show and DeFord Bailey, his first guest, George ….
WSLS TV (1952) | Firsts | Dec 10, 1952
WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting.
WTOV TV (1953) | Firsts | Dec 10, 1953
WSTV, which is now WTOV, channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, Ohio (CBS) starts broadcasting.
KOMO TV (1953) | Firsts | Dec 10, 1953
KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, Washington (ABC) begins broadcasting.