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1960Nov, 15

Dawn Airey

Dawn Airey, English broadcaster
Dawn Elizabeth Airey (born 15 November 1960) is a British media company executive. Dawn is a veteran of the media industry having worked in television for 30 years, holding senior positions at ITV, as well as the first Director of programmes and subsequently CEO and Chair of Channel 5, the UK television station now owned by Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. She spent three years as Yahoo's Senior Vice President in Europe, The Middle East and Africa, responsible for advertising. Airey worked at BSKYB as Managing Director of channels and services. She was chief executive officer (CEO) of Getty Images for three years from 2015 to 2018.

Airey is currently Chair of the National Youth Theatre, Barclays FA Women's Super League and FA Women's championship and is non-executive member of the boards of Getty Images, Thomas Cook, Grosvenor Estates and Blackbird.

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Events on 1960

  • 17Mar

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
  • 21Apr

    Rio de Janeiro

    Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
  • 9May

    Combined oral contraceptive pill

    The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
  • 4Jul

    Flag of the United States

    Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
  • 29Oct

    Muhammad Ali

    In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.