CoM Moderators Posted August 28 Posted August 28 1922 - WEAF in New York City airs the first radio commercial for Queensboro Realty, costing $100 for 10 minutes 1955 - Chicago Black teenager Emmett Till is kidnapped, beaten, and shot dead by white men in Money, Mississippi; his killers are eventually acquitted, but the case helps ignite the US civil rights movement. 1967 - WCBS-AM (880) radio in NYC begins its all-news format; the AM station is knocked off the air just beforehand, moving the debut to the FM sister station (101.1) 1980 - First use of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine to scan the human body at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland 1982 - The USSR performs an underground nuclear test 2017 - Matt Vogel debuts as the voice of Kermit the Frog in the "Muppet Thought of the Week" video 2017 - Investigation into German nurse Niels Högel, serving a life sentence for killing two patients, concludes he probably killed 86 more 2022 - Pakistan appeals for international aid as the death toll from monsoon rains and floods rises to over 1,000 people More Historical Events »
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