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What happened in history on this day: November 3?
On November 3 in ...
- 1953 - First live color coast-to-coast telecast, from Colonial Theatre in New York City broadcast to Burbank, California, via WNBT.
- 1956 - The Wizard of Oz film first televised (CBS-TV).
- 1957 - CBS premieres The Seven Lively Arts 60-minute anthology drama TV show.
- 1973 - Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault as hosts).
- 1975 - ABC-TV first broadcasts morning TV show Good Morning America, with hosts David Hartman and Nancy Dussault.
- 1978 - Mickey Mouse is given a gold star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame, the first cartoon character to be so honored.
- 1978 - NBC TV airs the first episode of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
- 1983 - The Nashville Network (TNN) debuts on US cable TV.
- 1988 - Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping.
- 1993 - CBS airs the first episode of TV show The Nanny.
Births on November 3
- 1919 - Birth of Bert Freed in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Rufe - Shane).
- 1921 - Birth of Charles Bronson AKA Charles Buchinsky in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Empire, Family of Cops I, II, & III).
- 1922 - Birth of Charles Bronson in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Death Wish, Dirty Dozen).
- 1923 - Birth of Leonard Stone; actor (Camp Runamuck, Jean Arthur Show, LA Law).
- 1930 - Birth of Peggy McCay in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Love of Life, General Hospital, Gibbsville, Lazarus Syndrome, Lou Grant, Days of Our Lives).
- 1930 - Birth of Lois Smith in Topeka, Kansas, USA; actress (Reckless, Reuben Reuben, All My Children, One Life to Live, Edge of Night, Another World).
- 1931 - Birth of Monica Vitti in Rome, Italy; actress (Tigers in Lipstick).
- 1933 - Birth of Aneta Corsaut in Jutchinson, Kansas, USA; actress (Helen Crump - Andy Griffith Show, Judge - Matlock).
- 1933 - Birth of Ken Berry; actor/dancer/TV personality (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family).
- 1935 - Birth of Jeremy Brett in Warwickshire, England; actor (Sherlock Holmes - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes films for UK and US TV).
- 1946 - Birth of Shadoe Stevens; announcer-actor (Dave's World, Hollywood Squares).
- 1948 - Birth of Lulu in Glasgow, Scotland; singer/actress (To Sir With Love).
- 1948 - Birth of Tom Shales; TV Critic (Washington Post).
- 1949 - Birth of Michael Evans in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA; actor (Lionel - All in the Family, The Jeffersons).
- 1952 - Birth of Roseanne Barr in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; comedienne/TV star (Roseanne).
- 1953 - Birth of Dennis Miller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian/TV host (Saturday Night Live, The Dennis Miller Show).
- 1953 - Birth of Kate Capshaw; actress (Black Tie Affair, Edge of Night).
- 1953 - Birth of Kathy Kinney; actress (Drew Carey Show).
- 1959 - Birth of Dolph Lundgren; actor (Rocky IV).
- 1959 - Birth of Timothy Patrick Murphy in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Dallas, Glitter).
- 1961 - Birth of Kari Michaelsen in New York City, USA; actress (Katie - Gimme a Break).
- 1961 - Birth of Lee Montgomery in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; actor (Dallas, Adam 12, Marcus Welby).
- 1968 - Birth of Debbie Rochon in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actress (hostess Hypothermia of Troma Theatre, Troma's Edge TV, Tromaville Cafe).
- 1977 - Birth of Philip J Amelio II in Connecticut, Ohio, USA; actor (Kevin Life With Lucy, Scott - All My Children).
Deaths on November 3
- 1990 - Death of Mary Martin at age 76 from cancer; singer, actress (Peter Pan - three TV shows, The Skin of Our Teeth, Annie Get Your Gun, Valentine, Born Yesterday).
- 1990 - Death of Valerie French at age 58 of leukemia; actress (The Edge of Night TV show, Nurses TV show, All My Children TV show, One Life to Live TV show).
- 1997 - Death of Wally Bruner at age 66 of liver cancer; newsman & TV host (What's My Line).
- 2002 - Death of Jonathan Harris at age 87; actor (Dr. Zachary Smith - Lost in Space).
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