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What happened in history on this day: January 3?
On January 3 in ...
- 1929 - William Paley incorporates the Columbia Broadcast System and becomes the first CBS president.
- 1943 - First missing persons telecast (New York City, New York).
- 1949 - Colgate Theatre dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV.
- 1952 - NBC-TV airs the first episode of Dragnet.
- 1963 - CBS resumes airing The Twilight Zone as a 60-minute TV show.
- 1979 - The 100th episode of The Jeffersons airs on CBS.
- 1984 - ABC airs the 100th episode of Hart to Hart.
- 1984 - NBC airs the first episode of Riptide.
- 1989 - The Arsenio Hall Show makes its debut on Fox.
- 1991 - NBC TV begins airing the series Blossom.
- 1992 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the series Pacific Station.
- 1993 - The first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine airs on TV in the US.
- 1994 - The ABC TV network premieres the Disney TV series The Good Life.
Births on January 3
- 1882 - Birth of Willem Benoy; Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion).
- 1886 - Birth of Josephine Hull in Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA; Academy award winning character actress (Harvey).
- 1894 - Birth of Zasu Pitts in Parsons, Kansas, USA; character actress (Fibber McGee radio show, supporting role on TV's Gale Storm Show, Life With Father, Dames).
- 1897 - Birth of Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Operator 13).
- 1897 - Birth of Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupec]; Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary).
- 1905 - Birth of Ray Milland in Neath, Wales; actor (Lost Weekend - Academy Award 1945).
- 1907 - Birth of Anna May Wong in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet).
- 1907 - Birth of Ray Milland AKA Reginald Truscott-Jones in Wales; actor (Lost Weekend, Meet Mr. McNulty, Markham, Rich Man Poor Man (I & II), Seventh Ave., Dream Merchants, Testimony of Two Men.
- 1909 - Birth of Victor Borge AKA Borge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, Denmark; pianist & comedian (Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall on radio, Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, The Tonight Show).
- 1911 - Birth of John Sturges; US director (The Old Man and the Sea, The Magnificent Seven).
- 1912 - Birth of Robert Flemyng in Liverpool, England; actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston).
- 1916 - Birth of Betty Furness in New York City, New York, USA; movie actress, TV spokesperson (commercial voice of Westinghouse), consumer activist (Studio 1).
- 1921 - Birth of John (William Lawrence) Russell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo, TV series Lawman, recurring roles in It Takes a Thief, Alias Smith & Jones, and Jason of Star Command).
- 1922 - Birth of Bill Travers in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; actor (Born Free, Gorgo).
- 1929 - Birth of Sergio Leone; Italian director (Fist Full of Dollars).
- 1930 - Birth of Eddie Egan in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Joe Forrester).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Loggia in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (An Officer and a Gentleman, THE Cat, The Sopranos, Emerald Point NAS).
- 1932 - Birth of Dabney Coleman in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill, The Guardian, Slap Maxwell Story).
- 1932 - Birth of Mara Corday in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Foxfire, Black Scorpion).
- 1936 - Birth of Betty Rollin; actress (Crossing Delancey), author (Last Wish).
- 1940 - Birth of Thelma Schoonmaker; actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas).
- 1941 - Birth of Shima Iwashita; actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide).
- 1941 - Birth of Van Dyke Parks in Alabama, USA; actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour).
- 1948 - Birth of Larry McNeeley in Lafayette, Indiana, USA; banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour).
- 1950 - Birth of Victoria Principal in Fukuoka, Japan; actress (Earthquake, Pamela - Dallas, Titans).
- 1955 - Birth of Cynthia Sykes in Coffeyville, Kentucky, USA; actress (Flamingo Road, St. Elsewhere).
- 1956 - Birth of Mel Gibson in Peekskill, New York, USA; director, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon, Conspiracy Theory, Complete Savages, Punishment, The Sullivans).
- 1957 - Birth of Frank Dicopoulos in Akron, Ohio, USA; actor (Frank Cooper - Guiding Light).
- 1960 - Birth of Joan Chen [Chen Chung] in Shanghai, China; actress (Last Emperor).
- 1967 - Birth of Helena Bonham Carter in London, England; actress (Getting it Right).
- 1968 - Birth of Shannon Sturges; actress (Port Charles, Savannah, Days of Our Lives).
- 1975 - Birth of Danica McKellar; actress (Winnie Cooper - The Wonder Years, Static Shock, Inspector Mom).
- 1975 - Birth of Jason Marsden; actor (General Hospital, Eddie - Munsters Today, W.I.T.C.H., Boy Meets World, Step By Step).
- 1976 - Birth of Nicholas Gonzalez; actor (The OC, Undressed).
- 1978 - Birth of Kimberley Locke; American singer and model (American Idol TV show).
- 1989 - Birth of Alex D. Linz, American actor (Providence, The Young and the Restless).
Deaths on January 3
- 1966 - Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at age 62.
- 1969 - Death of Howard McNear after a long illness at age 63; actor ("Doc" on radio's Gunsmoke, "Floyd the Barber" on TV's Andy Griffith Show, Irma La Douce).
- 1974 - Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at age 72.
- 1975 - Death of Milton Cross of a heart attack at age 87; legendary radio/TV announcer (for 43 years the voice of the New York Metropolitan Opera).
- 1980 - Ivan Triesault, actor (Von Ryan's Express, Desert Fox), dies at age 81.
- 1988 - William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at age 82.
- 1990 - Ken Hill, actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies.
- 1992 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (Playhouse 90, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Star Trek III, Laura, Rebecca, Santa Barbara), dies of pneumonia at age 93 (born 1897).
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