1947

President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis.

2001

Tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens died from inhaled anthrax, the first of a series of anthrax cases in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington.

2011

Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder and former chief executive who invented gadgets that transformed everyday technology, died in Palo Alto at age 56.