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Walter Cronkite

Milestones

  • Birthplace: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
  • Birthday: November 4, 1916
  • 2006

    Provided the voiceover introduction to the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric"

  • 2006

    The 90-minute documentary "Walter Cronkite: Witness to History" was aired on PBS

  • 2005

    Appeared briefly in the documentary "The American Ruling Class"

  • 2005

    Contributed to The Huffington Post

  • 2003

    Wrote a syndicated opinion column for King Features Syndicate

  • 2002

    Voiced Benjamin Franklin in the educational series, "Liberty's Kids"

  • 1997

    Narrated the eight-part Discovery Channel special "Cronkite Remembers”

  • 1997

    Successfully underwent heart bypass surgery to repair

  • 1995

    Broadway debut, providing voice-over for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

  • 1995

    Provided the voice of Captain Neweyes in the animated film "We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story"

  • 1995

    Provided the voice of the titular book in the Broadway revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

  • 1992

    Signed a three year deal with Discovery Communications, parent company of the Discovery Channel and the Learning Channel to anchor, executive produce, and executive edit various projects

  • 1986 to 1994

    Was the narrator's voice in the EPCOT Center attraction, "Spaceship Earth," at Walt Disney World

  • 1985

    Narrated the IMAX film about the Space Shuttle, "The Dream is Alive"

  • 1980

    Had a cameo role in the film "A Private Battle"

  • 1979 to 1982

    Hosted a 30-minute series on the complexities of modern life, "Walter Cronkite's Universe" (CBS)

  • 1974

    Made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)

  • 1969

    Remembered for his coverage of the landing of the first manned spacecraft on the moon

  • 1963

    Widely remembered for breaking the news of the death of President John F. Kennedy

  • 1962 to 1981

    Succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the "CBS Evening News"

  • 1957 to 1970

    Narrated the long-running documentary program "The 20th Century" (CBS); renamed "The 21st Century" in 1967

  • 1953 to 1957

    Hosted CBS' reenactment series that covered famous historical events, "You Are There"

  • 1952

    Anchored the first nationally-televised Democratic and Republican National Conventions

  • 1950

    Recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join CBS News

  • 1937

    Began working for the United Press Wire Service; reassigned by the wire service to their New York office in 1941

  • 1936

    Returned to Kansas City, MO and worked as an announcer for KCMO

  • Began working at WTOP-TV, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.

  • Was a reporter for The Houston Press as as their campus correspondent

  • Was the chief correspondent at Nuremberg trials and served as the bureau chief in Moscow for two years

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