LOOKING BACK

1956: the first transAtlantic telephone cable officially went into service with a three-way ceremonial call between New York, Ottawa and London.

1964: the situation comedy “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” starring Jim Nabors, premiered on CBS-TV.

1978: 144 people were killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collided over San Diego.