|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
|
|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
Executive
|
|
|
2000 David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88
1999 Leonard Goldenson, TV executive, dies at 94 1998 Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify 1997 Brandon Tartikoff, TV executive (NBC), dies at 48 1997 Baseball's Executive Council suspends New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner 1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92 1996 Willaim Brown, British TV executive, dies at 67 1996 Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive, dies at 71 1996 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management dies 1996 Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71 1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88 1995 Joanne Gail Abbott, executive (MTV), dies at 36 1994 Allan G. Odell, Advertising executive (Burma Shave), dies at 90 1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union 1988 George Alpert, railroad executive, dies at 90 1987 Roger Lewis, aviation executive (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 1987 Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered 1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline" 1984 Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies 1983 Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease 1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) 1981 Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80 1981 Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved 1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence 1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP 1975 Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828) 1971 Vernon E Jordan, Jr., appointed executive director of National Urban League 1970 Jay Mohr, born in Verona, New Jersey, actor, stand-up comedian, executive producer, NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program 1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions 1967 Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive Vice President of A's by Charlie Finley 1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as executive director of Players' Association 1961 Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League 1960 Radio - TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers 1959 Abigail Kingsley Alling, New York City, executive, Biosphere 2 1959 Joanne Gail Abbott, executive, MTV 1957 Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1955 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow 1955 Leigh J McCloskey, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dallas, Executive Suite, General Hosp 1955 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, born in Paris, France, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management 1953 Robert Pittman, TV executive/developer, MTV 1952 Lyn Perrin, executive administrator, WIC 1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) 1952 Wendy Phillips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Executive Suite, Promised Land 1950 Heather North, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Barefoot Executive 1949 Brandon Tartikoff, TV executive, NBC 1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces 1948 John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company 1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed 1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty 1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States 1946 President Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order 9808 1946 Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor, American Anthem 1946 Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation 1945 President Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom 1944 Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food 1944 Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 1940 Frank Lorenzo, airline executive, Continental, Texas Air, Eastern 1937 Fred Silverman, broadcasting executive, ABC/NBC/CBS 1934 John Akers, business executive 1934 Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive 1934 Madlyn Rhue, Washington D.C., actress, Bracken's World, Executive Suite 1932 Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co 1930 James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP 1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar 1929 Joan Ganz Cooney, born in Phoenix, Arizona, TV executive, Children's TV Workshop 1929 Willaim Brown, television executive 1929 Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat and executive director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd 1928 Donald E. Petersen, Minnesota, executive, Ford Motors 1928 Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer, Charlie's Angels 1928 Mitchell Ryan, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Chase, Executive Suite 1927 Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist and auto company executive 1926 Stan Freberg, born in Los Angeles, California, satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice, Bertie 1926 Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive, NBC-TV 1925 Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive 1925 Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive 1923 Ewart G Abner, record company executive 1922 Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1921 Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive, Washington Post 1921 Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer, Star Trek 1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1917 John Cunningham, executive director, British Aerospace 1917 Robert Cowans, executive director, British Aerospace 1916 Michael Burke, sports executive, New York Yankees, New York Knicks 1912 Roger Lewis, aviation executive, Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am 1911 Goddard Lieberson, Hanley Staffordshire England, recording executive 1910 Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby 1909 Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music 1908 Pat Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, TV Executive, started Today show 1908 Frank Stanton, born in Muskegon, Michigan, broadcasting executive, CBS 1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC 1907 Norton Simon, business executive, Simon and Schuster 1904 Godfrey Baseley, radio executive 1903 Olive Ann Beech, aircraft industry executive 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car 1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" 1899 Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive 1898 George Alpert, railroad executive 1885 Louis B Mayer, Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive, MGM 1881 Branch Rickey, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, baseball executive, Dodgers 1873 Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive, Paramount 1862 Connie Mack, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900 - 1950 1861 U.S. Sanitary Commission is given executive approval 1850 Henry Edwards Huntington, U.S., railroad executive 1836 Jay Gould, U.S. railroad executive, financier 1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House) 1625 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64 |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |