Walter Cronkite
Milestones
- Birthplace: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
- Birthday: November 4, 1916
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2006
Provided the voiceover introduction to the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric"
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2006
The 90-minute documentary "Walter Cronkite: Witness to History" was aired on PBS
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2005
Appeared briefly in the documentary "The American Ruling Class"
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2005
Contributed to The Huffington Post
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2003
Wrote a syndicated opinion column for King Features Syndicate
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2002
Voiced Benjamin Franklin in the educational series, "Liberty's Kids"
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1997
Narrated the eight-part Discovery Channel special "Cronkite Remembers”
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1997
Successfully underwent heart bypass surgery to repair
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1995
Broadway debut, providing voice-over for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
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1995
Provided the voice of Captain Neweyes in the animated film "We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story"
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1995
Provided the voice of the titular book in the Broadway revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
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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
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1986 to 1994
Was the narrator's voice in the EPCOT Center attraction, "Spaceship Earth," at Walt Disney World
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1985
Narrated the IMAX film about the Space Shuttle, "The Dream is Alive"
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1980
Had a cameo role in the film "A Private Battle"
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1979 to 1982
Hosted a 30-minute series on the complexities of modern life, "Walter Cronkite's Universe" (CBS)
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1974
Made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)
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1969
Remembered for his coverage of the landing of the first manned spacecraft on the moon
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1963
Widely remembered for breaking the news of the death of President John F. Kennedy
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1962 to 1981
Succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the "CBS Evening News"
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1957 to 1970
Narrated the long-running documentary program "The 20th Century" (CBS); renamed "The 21st Century" in 1967
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1953 to 1957
Hosted CBS' reenactment series that covered famous historical events, "You Are There"
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1952
Anchored the first nationally-televised Democratic and Republican National Conventions
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1950
Recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join CBS News
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1937
Began working for the United Press Wire Service; reassigned by the wire service to their New York office in 1941
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1936
Returned to Kansas City, MO and worked as an announcer for KCMO
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Began working at WTOP-TV, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.
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Was a reporter for The Houston Press as as their campus correspondent
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Was the chief correspondent at Nuremberg trials and served as the bureau chief in Moscow for two years
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