On This Day – Rockefeller becomes 1st Billionaire

ON THIS DAY - September 29th:

1916 - John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire.

1936 - Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
1960 - "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
1975 - WGPR-TV Detroit, 1st Black-owned station in US, began broadcasting
1976 - "Alice" debuts on CBS-TV
1982 - 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV starring Ted Danson and Shelley Long
1984 - Elizabeth Taylor undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic
1992 - Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)
1995 - OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Feriday La, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin')
1969 - Kelly Robbins, Mt Pleasant Michigan, LPGA golfer (1995 McDonald's LPGA

2012 - Academy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway (29) weds actor-turned-jewelry designer Adam Shulman (31) in Big Sur, California

GOODBYE TO:

1987 - Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
1988 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76
1989 - A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90
2010 - Tony Curtis, American Actor (b. 1925)

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