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What happened in history on this day: October 11?
On October 11 in ...
- 1960 - ABC TV debuts The Bugs Bunny Show.
- 1961 - NBC premieres The Bob Newhart Show 30-minute variety TV show.
- 1975 - Debut of late-night comedy TV show Saturday Night Live, with George Carlin as the first guest host.
Births on October 11
- 1902 - Birth of Leon Belasco in Odessa, Russia; actor (Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen).
- 1925 - Birth of Nancy Guild in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Where Was I?).
- 1926 - Birth of Earle Hyman; actor (The Cosby Show, All My Children).
- 1937 - Birth of Ron Leibman in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty and the Beast, Central Park West, Kaz).
- 1946 - Birth of Felton Perry; actor (Magnum Force, Sudden Death).
- 1950 - Birth of Catlin Adams in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Ms Loomis - Square Pegs).
- 1953 - Birth of David Morse in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA; actor (St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves, Hack).
- 1956 - Birth of Stephen Spinella; actor (24, Education of Max Bickford.
- 1962 - Birth of Joan Cusack in Evanston, Illinois, USA; comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Local Flavour, Peep and the Big Wide World).
- 1962 - Birth of Leslie Landon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Etta Plum - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1964 - Birth of Michael J. Nelson; comedy writer and TV host (Mystery Science Theatre 3000).
- 1965 - Birth of Luke Perry in Mansfield, Ohio, USA; actor (Windfall, Oz, Dillon - Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1965 - Birth of Sean Patrick Flanery; actor (Dead Zone, Young Indiana Jones).
- 1968 - Birth of Jane Krakowski; actress (Ally McBeal, 30 Rock).
- 1975 - Birth of Kellie Martin; actress (Life Goes On).
- 1976 - Birth of Emily Deschanel; actress (Bones).
- 1985 - Birth of Michelle Trachtenberg; actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, All My Children).
Deaths on October 11
- 1976 - Death of Connee Boswell at age 68 of cancer; singer (Boswell Sisters, Pete Kelly's Blues TV show (1959)).
- 1990 - Death of Douglas Edwards at age 73 of cancer; CBS-TV news anchor.
- 1991 - Death of Redd Foxx at age 68 of a heart attack on the set of TV show The Royal Family; actor/comedian (Sanford and Son TV show).
- 1998 - Death of Richard Denning at age 84 following cardiac arrest; actor (Mr. and Mrs. North radio and TV show, My Favorite Husband radio show, Governor - Hawaii Five-0 TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury at age 96 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Gaslight film (1944), Aunt Adelaide - Nanny McPhee film (2005), Blithe Spirit play (2009), The Vest Man play (2012), Sibyl Vane - The Picture of Dorian Gray film (1945), The Manchurian Candidate film (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks film (1971), Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street film (1979), Jessica Fletcher - Murder, She Wrote TV show, Mame film (1966)), voice actor (Mrs. Pots - Beauty and the Beast film (1991)), knighted (2014), Oscar award winner (2013), Tony award winner.
- 2023 - Death of Phyllis Coates at age 96 in Woodland Hills, California; actor (Lois Lane - Adventures of Superman TV show (1952-1953)).
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