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Chet Huntley
1911Dec, 10

Chet Huntley

Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.

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  • 14Jan

    Amundsen's South Pole expedition

    Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • 30May

    Indianapolis 500

    At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • 31May

    Porfirio Díaz

    The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • 24Jul

    Machu Picchu

    Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • 29Aug

    Native Americans in the United States

    Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.