American journalist (died 2021)

Roger Mudd

Roger Harrison Mudd was an American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. He also worked as the primary anchor for the History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend and weekday substitute anchor for CBS Evening News, co-anchor of the weekday NBC Nightly News, and host of the NBC-TV's Meet the Press and American Almanac TV programs. Mudd was a recipient of a Peabody Award, a Joan Shorenstein Award for Distinguished Washington Reporting, and five Emmy Awards.

Born

1928

February 9

Died

2021

Era

1920s

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Roger, in brief

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Key dates

1928 Born
2021 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

474 Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
1003 Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
1098 A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch.
1539 The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.

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The world in 1928

When Roger arrived

april 12 The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
august 27 The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
december 17 Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
december 4 Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 9

Arthur Edward Moore 1876–1963 New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963) Bill Bergey 1945–2024 American football player (born 1945) Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Ciarán Hinds 1953– Irish actor Daisuke Sekimoto 1981– Japanese wrestler Jalen Green 2002– American basketball player John Walker Lindh 1981– American Taliban member Keʻelikōlani 1826– Hawaiian royal and governor (died 1883) Kermit Gosnell 1941– American abortionist and serial killer

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1928

Alan J. Pakula 1928–1998 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) Alexander Grothendieck 1928–2014 German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014) Andy Warhol 1928–1987 American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987) Anne Sexton 1928–1974 American poet and academic (died 1974) Anthony Franciosa 1928–2006 American actor (born 1928) Barbara Ann Scott 1928–2012 Canadian figure skater (died 2012) Billy Martin 1928–1989 American baseball player and manager (born 1928) Bob Cousy 1928– American basketball player and coach Bob Wilber 1928– American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019)

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