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the Freakdaddy Forum - This Date in Entertainment History
In 1964, The Beatles completed their first official U.S.
Tour by performing a benefit concert.
The band also made another appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
In 1966, George Harrison traveled to India for his first meeting with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
In 1973, singer Jim Croce and five others were killed when their plane crashed after takeoff.
Croce was on his way to a concert in Texas.
He was 30.
In 1976, The Captain and Tennille's music variety show premiered on ABC.
In 1984, "The Cosby Show" starring Bill Cosby, debuted on NBC.
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Awesome idea seeker!
This would be a GREAT addition to the Weird Facts and Quote: s of the day?
You going to keep it going?
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Thanks guy, yeah, not sure about everyday, but yeah, at least twice a week or more.
I get e-mails of this each week, between 2 and 4 times a week.
So each one I get, I'll post them.
If you want to add to it, try a different subject, history or whatever and I'll stick to entertainment, at least for now.
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In 1948, Milton Berle made his debut as permanent host of "The Texaco Star Theater" on NBC television.
In 1957, the television series "Perry Mason," starring Raymond Burr, made its debut on CBS.
In 1962, the "Jack Paar Show" debuted on NBC.
This show followed Paar's stint as host of the "Tonight" show.
In 1986, the National Enquirer ran a photo of Michael Jackson lying in an oxygen chamber with the headline, "Michael Jackson's Bizarre Plan to Live to 150." Jackson later said he was simply lying in a chamber he had purchased for burn victims.
In 1992, 250 million households tuned in to "Murphy Brown" to see the show's rebuttal to Vice President Dan Quayle's family values speech.
Quayle had criticized Murphy Brown for having a baby out of wedlock.
In 2001, celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Neil Young, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey performed at a telethon to raise money for the victims of the September eleventh terrorist attacks.
More than 30 networks broke from regular programming to carry the telethon.
Within five days it had brought in $150 million in pledges.
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In 1964, "The Bullwinkle Show" premiered on NBC.
In 1968, "60 Minutes" made its debut on CBS, with reporters Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace.
In 1977, "The Love Boat" premiered on ABC.
In 1988, singer James Brown was arrested after a high-speed chase through Georgia and South Carolina.
He eventually was sentenced to six years in jail.
In 1991, Theodor Geisel, better known as children's author Dr.
Seuss, died at the age of 87.
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In 1965, "The Beatles" cartoon show premiered on ABC.
The show featured Beatles songs but not their voices.
In 1974, guitarist Robert Frigg of King Crimson announced the band was breaking up temporarily.
In 1975, singer Jackie Wilson suffered a heart attack while performing in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
He collapsed just as he sang the line "My heart is crying" from "Lonely Teardrops." He emerged from a coma with significant brain damage.
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In 1955, actress Debbie Reynolds married singer Eddie Fisher.
They divorced in 1959.
In 1956, Elvis Presley's hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi, declared "Elvis Presley Day."
In 1957, "West Side Story" opened on Broadway.
In 1962, "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on CBS.
In 1964, "Gilligan's Island" premiered on CBS.
Also in 1964, Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" hit number one on the pop charts.
In 1969, The Beatles' last studio album, "Abbey Road," was released in the U.K.
In 1975, the movie version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" made its premiere in Westwood, California.
In 1990, the Motion Picture Association of America announced the creation of the NC-17 rating, replacing the X rating for films with mature subject matter.
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In 1958, Dore Records released "To Know Him Is To Love Him" by The Teddy Bears.
In 1968, Janis Joplin's manager announced Joplin would leave Big Brother and the Holding Company in November after fulfilling current obligations.
Joplin said she and the band "weren't growing together anymore."
In 1988, singer John Denver offered the Soviet Union $10 million to put him on the Soyuz space shuttle.
In 1991, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis died of pneumonia, respiratory failure and a stroke.
He was 65.
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In 1959, "The Twilight Zone," created and hosted by Rod Serling, made its debut on CBS.
In 1962, the World War II drama "Combat" premiered on ABC.
The show told the story of one platoon and featured actor Vic Morrow.
In 1967, narcotics agents with the San Francisco police raided the communal house of the Grateful Dead on Ashbury Street for marijuana possession.
Several members of the band were arrested, but Jerry Garcia happened to not be home at the time.
In 1971, "Soul Train" went into national syndication.
The show, hosted by Don Cornelius, premiered a year earlier in Chicago.
In 1977, the bodies of Elvis Presley and his mother, Gladys, were moved from Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis to the grounds of Graceland after an apparent attempt to steal the bodies.
In 1985, actor Rock Hudson died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, after battling AIDS.
He was 59.
In 1998, singing cowboy Gene Autry died at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness.
He was 91.
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In 1941, the film "The Maltese Falcon" opened.
In 1945, 10-year-old Elvis Presley made his first public appearance in a talent show at the Mississippi-Alabama Dairy Show, singing "Old Shep." He won second place and $5.
In 1955, "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS, and "The Mickey Mouse Club" made its debut on ABC.
In 1957, "The Woody Woodpecker Show" made its premiere on ABC.
In 1967, folk singer Woody Guthrie died in New York at the age of 55.
Guthrie had been in the hospital for most of the last decade of his life, suffering from Huntington's disease.
In 1998, Matt Lauer married Annette Roque.
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In 1957, "Leave It To Beaver" made its debut on CBS.
After a year, the show switched to ABC and ran until 1963.
In 1961, Bob Dylan made his concert hall debut in New York.
About 50 people attended, mostly his friends, and he earned $20.
In 1970, singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a heroin overdose at a hotel in Hollywood.
She was 27. She had just finished recording the album "Pearl."
In 1990, "Beverly Hills 90210" premiered on FOX.
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In 1944, "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" made its debut on CBS radio, on the Nelsons' ninth wedding anniversary.
In 1980, singer Bob Marley collapsed during a concert in Pittsburgh.
He was flown to a hospital in New York.
Marley never performed again;
He died in 1981.
In 1988, the comedy "Empty Nest" premiered on NBC.
The show, a spinoff of "The Golden Girls," starred Richard Mulligan.
In 1990, George Strait was named Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
In 1992, the U.S.
Postal Service announced a commemorative stamp booklet that included rock legends Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and Ritchie Valens, plus R&B stars Clyde McPhatter, Otis Redding and Dinah Washington.
In 1999, Michael Jackson's wife, Debbie Rowe, filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
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In 1940, John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England.
In 1966, John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time at an art gallery in London.
In 1973, Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced in Santa Monica, California.
They had been married since May 1, 1967, and had one child, Lisa Marie.
In 1985, moviemaker Orson Welles died.
He was 70.
Also in 1985, Yoko Ono dedicated "Strawberry Fields" in New York's Central Park to the memory of John Lennon.
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In 1935, the first black opera, "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin, opened in New York.
In 1962, the BBC banned Bobby (Boris) Pickett's song "Monster Mash" because it deemed the record offensive.
(now you can count on hearing it every halloween)
In 1965, The Supremes made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
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In 1960, "The Bugs Bunny Show" made its debut on ABC.
In 1975, "Saturday Night Live" made its debut on NBC.
In 1976, Jane Pauley replaced Barbara Walters on the "Today" show.
Pauley eventually set a record for most years on a morning show, a record that has since been broken.
In 1986, "The Church Lady" made her first appearance on "Saturday Night Live."
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