Home / Birthday profiles / Thomas Roberts (television journalist)
Portrait of Thomas Roberts (television journalist)

Birthday profile

Thomas Roberts (television journalist)

Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
October 5, 1972
Age in 2026
54
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1972

About Thomas Roberts (television journalist)

Thomas Albert Roberts is an American television journalist who served as a news anchor for MSNBC, a cable-news channel. He ended his seven-year stint anchoring MSNBC Live, the daytime news platform of NBC News, on weekends from 5-7pm ET. Before that he was anchor of Way Too Early and a contributor to Morning Joe. He was also an NBC News correspondent and a fill-in anchor on Today and NBC Nightly News. On November 18, 2017, it was announced that Roberts had decided to leave MSNBC for other endeavors. On August 14, 2020, it was announced that Roberts will be the host of season four of DailyMailTV. Roberts landed his first job reporting for a small cable station in Westminster, Maryland. In July 2015, he became the first openly gay evening news anchor on network television when he anchored NBC Nightly News for a day.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Thomas Roberts (television journalist) timeline

  1. In July 2015, he became the first openly gay evening news anchor on network television when he anchored NBC Nightly News for a day.
  2. On November 18, 2017, it was announced that Roberts had decided to leave MSNBC for other endeavors.
  3. On August 14, 2020, it was announced that Roberts will be the host of season four of DailyMailTV.

The world when Thomas Roberts (television journalist) was born

Thomas Roberts (television journalist) was born in 1972. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1972

  • #1 song"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack
  • Top movieThe Godfather
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookJonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMark Spitz wins 7 gold medals at Munich Olympics
  • Top headlineWatergate break-in begins Nixon's downfall
  • Technology milestoneAtari founded
  • Defining fadPong (first mainstream video game)
  • Notable inventionPong video game
  • World population3.85 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population209.9M

1972 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Thomas Roberts (television journalist)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19722026
Gas$0.36$3.45/gal
Average home$19,800$435,000
Average income$12,600$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.70$11.95
Postage stamp$0.08$0.73
Population209.9M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, IMDb. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.