American journalist and academic (born 1948)

Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown was an American broadcast journalist, most recognized for his coverage of the September 11 attacks for CNN. He was a longtime reporter for ABC, the founding co-anchor of ABC's World News Now, weekend anchor of World News Tonight, and the host of CNN's flagship evening program NewsNight with Aaron Brown. He was the anchor of the PBS documentary series Wide Angle from 2008 to 2009. He was a professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University from 2007 to 2014.

Born

1980

March 14

Died

2024

Era

1980s

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Aaron, in brief

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What else happened on this day, through history

1074 Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
1590 Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
1647 Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1663 According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.

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The world in 1980

When Aaron arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Albert Einstein 1879–1955 German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879) Alexandru Macedonski 1854–1920 Romanian author and poet (died 1920) Castro Alves 1847– Brazilian poet and playwright (died 1871) Dan Avidan 1979– American musician and internet personality Kevin Williamson 1965– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Koča Popović 1908– Yugoslav politician and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division of the Yugoslav Partisans (died 1992) Kristian Bush 1970– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Ehrlich 1854–1915 German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854) Tamara Tunie 1959– American actress

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1980

Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player D'banj 1980– Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player

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