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What happened in history on this day: January 6?
On January 6 in ...
- 1950 - NBC TV premieres The Armstrong Circle Theatre 60-minute TV show in the USA.
- 1963 - NBC premieres the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom 30-minute documentary TV show, with host Marlin Perkins.
- 1967 - ABC-TV airs the Milton Berle Show for the last time.
- 1968 - The 100th episode of US TV show I Dream of Jeannie airs.
- 1968 - Dick Clark premiere his TV series Happening '68.
- 1973 - Schoolhouse Rock premieres on ABC-TV with "Multiplication Rock".
- 1974 - The Global Television network is created in southern Ontario, Canada.
- 1975 - Wheel Of Fortune debuts on NBC-TV.
- 1975 - ABC-TV debuts early morning news and information TV show A.M. America, with Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards.
- 1988 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of The Oldest Rookie show.
- 1991 - Real Life With Jane Pauley premieres on NBC-TV.
- 1999 - Bob Newhart, Alex Trebek, Dennis Franz, and Buffalo Bob Smith all receive stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
- 2003 - FOX begin airing the reality show Joe Millionaire.
Births on January 6
- 1880 - Birth of Tom Mix in Mix Run, Pennsylvania, USA; silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin).
- 1897 - Birth of Billy Greene; actor (Burton - One Man's Family).
- 1899 - Birth of Phyllis Haver in Douglas, Kansas, USA; silent screen actress (What Price Glory).
- 1901 - Birth of Patrick Aherne in England; actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes).
- 1903 - Birth of Francis L Sullivan in London, England; actor (Missing Rembrandt).
- 1903 - Birth of Stanley Smith in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts).
- 1911 - Birth of Joey Adams in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact).
- 1911 - Birth of Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov; actor (Telegram, Town People).
- 1913 - Birth of Loretta Young AKA Gretchen Michaela Young in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actress (Farmer's Daughter movie, Stranger movie, Letter to Loretta TV show, The New Loretta Young Show TV show).
- 1913 - Birth of Tom Brown in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ed - Gunsmoke, Lieutenant Rovacs - Mr Lucky).
- 1914 - Birth of Danny Thomas AKA Amos Muzyad Yahkoob in Deerfield, Michigan, USA; actor/comedian (Baby Snooks radio show, Bickersons radio show, The Big Show radio show, Make Room for Daddy TV show, Danny Thomas Show TV show), producer (Dick Van Dyke Show TV show, Andy Griffith Show TV show, Mod Squad TV show), founder of Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
- 1914 - Birth of David Bruce in Kankakee, Illinois, USA; actor (Harry - Beulah).
- 1918 - Birth of Caspar MB Baas AKA Cas Baas; Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat).
- 1929 - Birth of Vic Tayback in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mel Sharples - Alice TV show).
- 1930 - Birth of Vic Tayback in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Mel - Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper).
- 1933 - Birth of Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre] in Toulon, France; actress (Pink Panther).
- 1944 - Birth of Bonnie Franklin in Santa Monica, California, USA; TV actress (Ann - One Day at a Time).
- 1952 - Birth of Grant Goodeve in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actor (David - Eight is Enough, Dynasty).
- 1954 - Birth of Anthony Minghella; director (The English Patient).
- 1955 - Birth of Rowan Atkinson in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder, Never Say Never Again, Zazu - The Lion King).
- 1958 - Birth of Scott Bryce; actor (As the World Turns, 2000 Malibu Road, Popular).
- 1961 - Birth of Howie Long; NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow).
- 1968 - Birth of John Singleton in Los Angeles, California, USA; director/screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood).
- 1970 - Birth of Julie Chen; TV personality (CBS' The Early Show, host - Big Brother TV show).
- 1976 - Birth of Danny Pintauro in Milltown, New Jersey, USA; actor (Jonathan - Who's The Boss?).
Deaths on January 6
- 1965 - John Larkin, director (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at age 52.
- 1975 - Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at age 77.
- 1988 - Death of Brent Collins of a heart attack at age 46; dwarf actor (Mr. Big - As The World Turns, Wallingford - Another World).
- 1990 - Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies.
- 1990 - Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at age 40.
- 1992 - Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin - Cell Block H), dies.
- 1997 - Vince Williams, actor (Hamp - Guiding Light), dies of cancer at age 39.
- 2008 - Death of Bob LeMond at age94; radio and TV announcer (CBS radio, I Love Lucy TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Sidney Poitier at age 94 in Los Angeles, California, USA; American actor (To Sir With Love film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner movie, Lilies of the Field film (1963, Best Actor Oscar award), In the Heat of the Night film).
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