- 1957] Premiered on this date: "Maverick" starring no, not John McCain but James Garner. This was one of the first shows I mailed promotion kits to affiliates when I was a mailboy at ABC. "Maverick" would run for 5 seasons and was one of the first hit shows for this fledgling network at the time...1964] "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", the spy show that made stars of Robert Vaughn and David McCallum. It ran for four seasons...
- 1961] Peace be with you: President John F. Kennedy signs a congressional act that establishes the Peace Corps...
- 1967] On the cover of Time Magazine: The Beatles...
- 1969] Home run derby: The Giants' Willie Mays becomes the second player, behind Babe Ruth, to hit his 600th home run. Hank Aaron will pass Mays and The Babe. Barry Bonds passes them all...
- 1975] You missed: Sara Jane Moore fails in an attempt to shoot President Gerald Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco (it's the second attempt on Ford's life in 17 days)...
- 1980] "Happy Trails": Irving Berlin dies at the age of 101. Cause of death was being 101...1999] George C. Scott passes away from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Scott was 71...2001] Issac Stern dies from congestive heart failure at 81...2007] The only mime I ever liked - Marcel Marceau dies at 84. Marcel who was Jewish passes away on Yom Kippur...
- 1987] Out on strike: The second regular season strike in five years hits the NFL. This time only 1 game during the 16-game season is cancelled...
- 1995] SOLD!: Time Warner strikes a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System, Inc...
- 2004] That's a fine thing: CBS is fined $550,000 by the FCC for showing Janet Jackson's exposed right tata during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show which I witnessed in Houston...
- 2007] New justice: John Roberts' nomination as chief justice clears the Senate Judiciary Committe on a 13-5 vote...
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