Historical eventJanuary 141952
NBC
NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
In context
- When
- Monday, January 14 195274 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 20th century · 1950s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
At a glance
Dates: From 1952.
What happened
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television network, serving as the flagship property of NBC Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal, which is a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's two flagship namesake properties, alongside Universal Studios. It is the first and oldest major broadcast network in the United States.
January 14 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1952NBC
- 1973Elvis Presley
- 1978Logic
- 1993Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz
- 2010Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- 2011Arab Spring
- 20162016 Jakarta attacks
- 2018Minneapolis Miracle
- 2019Saha Airlines
- 2024Abdication of Margrethe II
- 2026Sikhio train disaster
Also in 1952
- September 12Flatwoods, West VirginiaThree boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.
- October 20Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of GlendaleThe Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Upris…
- November 51952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a major tsunami that affected the Kuril Islands and other parts of the Pacific O…
- June 17Guatemalan RevolutionGuatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to…
- June 17Decree 900Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
- October 3Operation HurricaneThe United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.
- May 18First Indochina WarFirst Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.
- September 6Farnborough Airshow crashA prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29 spect…
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January 14 1952 — 74 years ago, on a Monday.
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