1967
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood premiered on PBS.
1992
Johnny Carson hosted the last episode of his Tonight Show.
It was the end of three decades of late nights.
Jay Leno replaced Carson
2011
A three-quarter-mile-wide tornado hit Joplin, Missouri.
At least 140 people are killed and hundreds more were injured. Nearly a third of the city was destroyed, damaging about 2,000 buildings, including water treatment and sewage plants.
and then lastly…
1928
Happy birthday to T. Boone Pickens
The Oil tycoon, and avid Oklahoma State University supporter, turns the big 8-7 today!
-Tyler Jackson
