"America's Most Wanted" premiered on February 7, 1988 on seven Fox-owned stations, and was hosted by John Walsh.
The show originally ran for 30 minutes from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, the show was expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes, and they added correspondents.
The show featured fast paced re-enactments of dramatic, violent, and dangerous fugitives are portrayed by actors, interspersed with on-camera interviews, and it was narrated by Walsh, and a toll-free tip number with mugshot description of that night's case.
The first fugitive to air on "America's Most Wanted" was David James Roberts, one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. In 1989, the show began profiling their missing child alerts.
In 1996, the show was re titled "America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back", and the show moved to Lifetime in 2011.
When the show first aired in 1988, its original hotline was 1-800-CRIME-88.
In 1989, when "Cops" first aired, the hotline changed again, and it was called 1-800-CRIME-89.
In 1990, the hotline changed once again and it was called 1-800-CRIME-90.
In 1991, the hotline changed again, and was called 1-800-CRIME-91.
In 1992, the hotline changed again, and was called 1-800-CRIME-92.
In 1993, the hotline changed again, and was called 1-800-CRIME-93.
In 1994, until the show's ending in 2012, the hotline was renamed 1-800-CRIME-TV.
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1492 was the year Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.
Christopher Columbus (October 30, 1451? - 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who first crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492, sailing under the flag of the Kingdom of Castile.
No, the Romans were not the first people to travel to the American continent. While they were advanced in many ways, there is no historical evidence to suggest that Romans reached the Americas. The first known arrivals were the Norse, led by Leif Erikson around the year 1000, and indigenous peoples had been living in the Americas for thousands of years prior to any European contact.
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The Parker 51 fountain pen or first year pen was first introduced in late 1940 to 1941. Advertising at the time called it "The World's Most Wanted Pen".
The first American space shuttle, Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981.
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By the most recent numbers I can find, it looks like the Americas provide about 50% of the world corn production. Historically, China is the next highest, but that fluctuates a lot depending on the year.
Approximately 1 million people visit the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio each year.