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What happened in history on this day: October 1?
On October 1 in ...
- 1955 - CBS premieres the Honeymooners comedy half-hour TV show.
- 1961 - CBS premieres The Lucy Show 30-minute comedy TV show.
- 1961 - The CTV Network launched across Canada with stations in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver.
- 1962 - Johnny Carson first hosts NBC's Tonight Show.
- 1966 - Canada's CBC begins colour television broadcasting, in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1967 - CBC TV debuts TV show Man Alive, with host Roy Bonisteel.
- 1970 - ABC airs the 200th episode of the Bewitched TV show.
- 1982 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show Remington Steele.
- 1995 - The Disney Channel U.K. begins television broadcasting in the British Isles, as a subscription-only channel.
- 1995 - The Fox TV network begins airing the series Misery Loves Company.
- 1997 - The 10th season of TV show Murphy Brown begins.
- 1998 - Sky Digital television service launches in the United Kingdom.
Births on October 1
- 1890 - Birth of Stanley Holloway in London, England; actor (Higgins - Our Man Higgins).
- 1909 - Birth of Everett Sloane in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Citizen Kane movie).
- 1911 - Birth of Irwin Kostal in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show).
- 1920 - Birth of Lonny Chapman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Investigator, For the People).
- 1920 - Birth of Walter Matthau in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Odd Couple, The Bad News Bears).
- 1921 - Birth of James Whitmore in White Plains, New York, USA; actor (Give 'em Hell Harry).
- 1927 - Birth of Tom Bosley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Howard - Happy Days TV show, Murder She Wrote TV show, Father Dowling Mysteries TV show).
- 1928 - Birth of George Peppard in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max).
- 1928 - Birth of Laurence Harvey; actor (Alamo, Romeo and Juliet).
- 1930 - Birth of Richard Harris in Ireland; actor (A Man Called Horse), singer ("MacArthur Park").
- 1935 - Birth of Julie Andrews in England; actress/singer (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins).
- 1936 - Birth of Stella Stevens in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA; actress (Girls! Girls!, Manitou, Ben Casey, Flamingo Road).
- 1947 - Birth of Stephen Collins in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actor (Star Trek - The Motion Picture, The Tattingers, 7th Heaven).
- 1950 - Birth of Randy Quaid in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Midnight Express, Vacation, Saturday Night Live, The Grubbs, Davis Rules).
- 1954 - Birth of Richard Schlesinger; CBS correspondent (48 Hours TV show).
- 1957 - Birth of Yvette Freeman; actress (ER TV show, Working).
- 1962 - Birth of Esai Morales; actor (Vanished TV show, NYPD Blue TV show).
- 1963 - Birth of Beth Chamberlin in Danville, Vermont, USA; actress (Beth Spaulding - Guiding Light).
- 1964 - Birth of Christopher Titus; actor (Titus).
- 1965 - Birth of Cindy Margolis; model/actress (Cindy Margolis Show TV show).
- 1968 - Birth of Jay Underwood; actor (The Boy Who Could Fly).
- 1986 - Birth of Jurnee Smollett; American actress (Wanda at Large, Cosby).
- 1990 - Birth of Brie Larson; actress (Raising Dad).
Deaths on October 1
- 1961 - Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at age 60.
- 1973 - Joe Devlin, actor (Sam - Dick Tracy), dies at age 74.
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