Daily Archives: April 16, 2022

Walter Cronkite debuts as anchorman of CBS-TV’s evening newscast 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1962)


Video: 'CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Cronkite's anchoring debut celebrates 50th anniversary'

(Monday, April 16, 1962, 6:45 p.m. EST, 7:15 p.m. in New York City)Walter Cronkite, a former United Press reporter best known for hosting the CBS program You Are There, replaced Douglas Edwards as the anchorman tonight for CBS’s nightly feature newscast, tentatively renamed Walter Cronkite with the News, at that time a 15-minute program that ran from 6:45 to 7:00 pm EST (7:15-7:30 p.m. in New York City). Continue reading Walter Cronkite debuts as anchorman of CBS-TV’s evening newscast 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1962)

Apollo 16 launches toward the Moon from Kennedy Space Center 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1972)


Video: 'NBC NEWS - APOLLO 16 LAUNCH (4-16-1972)' (launch is at 45:27 into video)

(Sunday, April 16, 1972, 12:54 p.m. EST)Apollo 16, the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and next-to-last to land on the Moon, launched on the thrust of a 36-story Saturn V rocket this afternoon from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. Continue reading Apollo 16 launches toward the Moon from Kennedy Space Center 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1972)

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs bill ending slavery in District of Columbia 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1862)


Video: 'The Act That Bought Slaves Freedom in D.C.'

(Wednesday, April 16, 1862; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln today signed into law the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act ending slavery in the District of Columbia; Congress also provided compensation to former slave owners. Continue reading U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs bill ending slavery in District of Columbia 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 16 1862)