- 1851] Premiered on this date: The first issue of The New York Times is published...1927] The Mother Ship has landed: The Columbia Broadcasting System debuts with a network of 47 stations. The name of the company is later shortened to CBS...1963] The following TV shows debuted on this date: "The Patty Duke Show" which airs for 3 years...1965] "I Dream of Jeannie" starring Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman. This series runs for 5 seasons...1965] "Get Smart" starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon with a run of 5 years plus syndication forever (all premieres were on 9/18)...
- 1960] Fidel visits the Apple: Fidel Castro stays at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem where he meets with Malcolm X. He also makes TV appearances and is generally treated like the hero he wasn't (9/18)...
- 1969] No tip-toeing around: Tiny Tim announces his engagement to "Miss Vicki" on the "Tonight Show With Johnny Carson." Johnny invites the lovely couple to get married on his show, which they will do in December (9/18)...
- 1973] The Battle of The Sexes: Billie Jean King, 30, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, in a grudge tennis match at the Houston Astrodome. King whips Riggs in straight sets (9/20)...
- 1975] "Happy Trails": Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose at 27 (9/18)...
- 1975] Gotcha: Patty Hearst is captured in San Mateo (CA) (9/18). She will be convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison for her role in SLA crimes. Jimmy Carter will commute the sentence and she only serves 22-months...
- 1976] Just a Love Machine: Playboy releases the Jimmy Carter interview in which he's quoted as saying, "I've looked at a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times." Americans by the millions avoid the imagery (9/20)...
- 1977] Captain Courageous: Ted Turner captains the Courageous to victory, sweeping Australia in the 24th 'America's Cup' in Newport (RI). Twenty years later on this same date (1997) Turner announces that he will donate $1 billion to the U.N. over the next 10 years (9/18)...
- 1994] Talkin' baseball: The Ken Burns produced "Baseball" series of specials premieres on PBS, making a star of Buck O'Neill, a former Negro League player (9/18)...
- 2003] AO-What?: Time Warner drops the "AOL" from its name. The merged company becomes Time Warner Inc. The company started including 'AOL' in 2000 (9/19)...For more on September 18 - 20:
Friday, September 18, 2009
(Weekend Edition) September 18 - 20, 2009...
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