On this date in

1857 The city of Anaheim was founded.

1864 60,000 were killed in a cyclone that almost destroyed Calcutta.

1921 The world series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.

1947 President Harry S. Truman delivered the first White House address to be televised.

1953 Earl Warren was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus made its debut on the BBC.

1970 PBS became a television network.

Born on this date:
1829 Chester A. Arthur
1864 Louis Lumiere
1882 Robert Goddard
1902 Ray Kroc
1908 Joshua Logan
1917 Allen Ludden
1919 Donald Pleasence
1949 B.W. Stevenson
1957 Bernie Mac

Died on this date:
1813 Tecumseh
1880 Jacques Offenbach
1941 Louis D. Brandeis
1976 Barbara Nichols
1981 Gloria Grahame
1986 Hal B. Wallis
1992 Eddie Kendricks
2001 Mike Mansfield
2004 Rodney Dangerfield