Monday, February 08, 2010

This Day in History



1922

President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House. Harding took an instant liking to the fledgling new medium, never missing an episode of his favorite program - The Texaco Theater's Happy Mammy Minstrel Hour

1993
General Motors sued NBC, alleging that the program "Dateline NBC" had rigged tests to show that GM trucks were prone to fires. On the bright side for NBC, Stone Phillips went on to win an Emmy for best stunt choreography in a weekly news magazine report: