Where was Peter Jennings born?
Peter Jennings was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1938.
He anchored the “ABC Evening News” from 1965 to 1968.
Jennings became co-anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight” in 1978, and sole anchor in 1983.
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