Birthday Highlight: Tom Brokaw
Former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is 79 today, so here's a quick slideshow of some career highlights from the archives of the Associated Press.
2015: Tribeca Film Festival
Tom Brokaw attends the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival opening night premiere of "Live From New York!" at The Beacon Theatre on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
1976: "Today" Show
NBC's "Today" show host Tom Brokaw and newswoman Jane Pauley share a moment prior to Pauley's first appearance on the network morning news program, New York, October 11, 1976. (AP Photo)
1976: Tom Brokaw
Television newsman Tom Brokaw is seen in 1976. (AP Photo)
1977: "Today" 25th Anniversary
Past and present cast members of the NBC-TV "TODAY" show get together on the set Friday, Jan. 14, 1977 to celebrate the show's 25th anniversary. Standing from left Gene Shalit, Tom Brokaw, Floyd Kalber, Jane Pauley and Lew Wood. Seated members from left are Dave Garroway, Jack Lescouli and Frank Blair. (AP Photo)
1977: "Today" Show
Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., appears on the "Today Show", Oct. 12, 1977, with her father-in-law, Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., with Tom Brokaw at left. A portrait of King hangs on the set. (AP Photo)
1977: Stillwater, New York
Former White House Correspondent Tom Brokaw, right, signs autographs for youngsters on Oct. 24, 1977 at Stillwater, New York, where he delivered a speech on the Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga. Brokaw, who hosts NBC-TV's Today Show, says he gets a higher level of recognition on the street, "But I don't let it interfere with with my private life." (AP Photo)
1978: United Nations Gardens
Actor Robert Redford, left, is interviewed by Tom Brokaw as they tape an NBC special to celebrate the upcoming Sun Day in the United Nations Gardens in New York City, May 1, 1978. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis)
1980: "Today" Show
Arkansas Governor William Clinton, left, discusses the prison system in his state with Tom Brokaw of the NBC-TV?s "Today Show," July 24, 1980 in New York. "Brubaker," a released film starring Robert Redford, shows negative aspects of an Arkansas prison. (AP Photo/Nancy Kaye)
1981: "Today" Show
Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, left, appears on NBC's "Today" television program with host Tom Brokaw on Monday, Feb. 23, 1981 in New York. (AP Photo)
1988: Committee to Protect Journalists
News anchors Dan Rather, left, and Tom Brokaw shake hands during a reception sponsored by the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York, June 29, 1988. (AP Photo)
1990: Boston College
Tom Brokaw, NBC News anchor, gestures to the audience as he delivers the keynote address during commencement ceremonies at Boston College in Newton, Ma., Monday, May 21, 1990. Brokaw was presented with an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the university. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
1993: NBC Nightly News
President Bill Clinton walking with NBC Nightly News correspondent, Tom Brokaw in April 1993. (AP Photo)
1995: Comdex
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, talks with NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw as they walk through the computer exhibits at Comdex/Fall '95, Monday, Nov. 13, l995, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Brokaw was interviewing Gates for NBC's nightly telecast. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
2002: NBC Nightly News
Tom Brokaw, anchorman of NBC's "Nightly News" listens during a press conference Tuesday, May 28, 2002, in New York. Brokaw announced he would retire as anchor of NBC's "Nightly News" in 2004. He will be succeeded by Brian WIliams. NBC becomes the first of the three networks to announce a succession plan for their chief anchors. (AP Photo/ Diane Bondareff)
2004: NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw delivers his final broadcast, in New York Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004. Making good on an exit plan announced in May 2002, Brokaw, 64, is stepping away from daily journalism after 23 years to pursue his varied other interests, including more time on his Montana ranch. But his NBC association will continue under an agreement to host at least three documentaries a year. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
2004: Partnership for a Drug-Free America
NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw speaks at the Partnership for a Drug-Free America gala, Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, in New York, where he was honored at their annual "Making a Difference" benefit. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
2004: PEN Literary Gala
Tom Brokaw poses for photographers at a reception during the 2004 PEN Literary Gala, Tuesday, April 20, 2004 in New York. Brokaw's sign-off date as anchor of NBC's top-rated "Nightly News" has been set for Wednesday, Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
2005: Primetime Emmy Awards
Former network news anchors Dan Rather, left, and Tom Brokaw pose backstage after a tribute to them at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
2006: Museum of Television & Radio
From left, former NBC television anchor and host, Tom Brokaw, poses with this year's honorees, Lorne Michaels, creator and executive producer of the television show Saturday Night Live, and Bob Wright, chairman and chief executive of NBC Universal, at the Museum of Television & Radio's annual gala held in New York, Feb 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
2007: News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Tom Brokaw poses with his Emmy after winning it at the 28th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards gala Monday Sept. 24, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
2008: Clinton Global Initiative
NBC News correspondent Tom Brokaw moderates the opening plenary at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting Thursday, Sept 25, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
2008: Presidential Debate
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and his wife Michelle Obama speak to debate moderator Tom Brokaw after the town hall-style presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Scott Olson, Pool)
2009: National Town Hall
Tom Brokaw, right, moderates a "National Town Hall" for the USA Network in Washington, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
2011: National Press Club
Television journalist and author Tom Brokaw, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Nov., 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
2012: "Today" 60th Anniversary
This Jan. 12, 2012 file photo shows NBC News special correspondent and former "Today" show host Tom Brokaw, attending the "Today" show 60th anniversary celebration at the Edison Ballroom, in New York. NBC is dedicating its new broadcast facility in Universal City, California, as the "Brokaw News Center." It will host the West Coast operations of NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Telemundo and local Los Angeles news programs. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
2012: Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference
Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, Friday, July 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
2012: Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Tom Brokaw speaks at the dedication of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The park, designed by renowned architect Louis I. Kahn, is named after Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address, known as the Four Freedoms Speech. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision/AP Images)
2013: National Audubon Society
Tom Brokaw hosts The National Audubon Society's first gala to jointly award the Audubon Medal and the inaugural Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for The National Audubon Society/AP Images)
2014: Pennsylvania Chamber of Business
In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Tom Brokaw speaks at the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry annual dinner in Hershey, Pa. Brokaw, the former NBC anchor has a memoir coming out May 12, Random House announced Monday, March 2, 2015. The book is called “A Lucky Life Interrupted” and will draw upon a journal Brokaw began keeping in 2013 after learning he had multiple myeloma. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
2014: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Journalist Tom Brokaw, is introduced before being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Obama is presenting the nation's highest civilian honor to 19 artists, activists, public servants and others. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
2016: "Hidden Heroes"
NBC Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw speaks at the launch of 'Hidden Heroes' campaign, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole commissioned the RAND Corporation to develop the first nationwide comprehensive, evidence-based report on the needs of military and veteran caregivers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
2018: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards
In this Dec. 12, 2018, file photo, journalist Tom Brokaw speaks during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards ceremony in New York. Brokaw says he feels terrible that he offended some Hispanics with his comments on "Meet the Press" Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, that Hispanics should work harder at assimilation. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
