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What happened in history on this day: November 6?
On November 6 in ...
- 1939 - General Electric's WGY-TV (Schenectady, New York), first commercial TV station, begins service.
- 1947 - NBC TV debuts the Meet the Press TV show.
- 1957 - CBS debuts The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour TV show.
- 1966 - NBC is first network to televise its entire lineup in color.
- 1967 - Phil Donahue begins a TV talk show in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1986 - New York's WOR-TV pays a record (for syndicated TV show) $182,000 per episode of The Cosby Show, for the fall, 1988 season. Previous record was $80,000 per show for Cheers.
- 2001 - FOX begins airing episodes of the TV show 24.
Births on November 6
- 1901 - Birth of Juanita Hall in Keyport, New Jersey, USA; singer/actress (Bloody Mary - South Pacific Broadway show (Tony Award) and movies, Capt Billy's Mississippi Music Hall TV show (1948)).
- 1904 - Birth of Selena Royale in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Date With Judy, Misleading Lady).
- 1906 - Birth of Francis Lederer; actor (Diary of a Chambermaid).
- 1923 - Birth of Robert P Griffin; actor (Barricade, Broken Arrow, Crime of Passion).
- 1928 - Birth of Peter Matz in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnett Show TV show).
- 1931 - Birth of Mike Nichols; stage/film director (Catch 22, Biloxi Blues).
- 1946 - Birth of Sally Field in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Gidget, Flying Nun, Brothers and Sisters).
- 1949 - Birth of Brad Davis in Tallahasseem Florida, USA; actor (Roots, Chiefs).
- 1950 - Birth of Ernest Thompson in Bellows Fall, Vermont, USA; actor (Sierra, Westside Medical).
- 1955 - Birth of Maria Shriver in Chicago, Illinois, USA; newscaster (Sunday Today).
- 1955 - Birth of Fred Penner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; children's entertainer (Fred Penner's Place).
- 1957 - Birth of Lori Singer; actress (Fame).
- 1960 - Birth of Lance Kerwin in Newport Beach, California, USA; actor (James at 15, The Loneliest Runner).
- 1962 - Birth of Lori Singer in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; actress (Fame, V, Footloose).
- 1966 - Birth of Lisa Fuller in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Dawn - General Hospital).
- 1966 - Birth of Peter DeLuise; actor (Free Ride, Stargate SG-1, Robson Arms, SeaQuest DSV).
- 1967 - Birth of Rebecca Schaeffer in Eugene, Oregon, USA; actress (Patti - My Sister Sam).
- 1968 - Birth of Kelly Rutherford in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA; actress (Generations, Melrose Place, E-Ring, The District).
- 1970 - Birth of Ethan Hawke in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers).
- 1972 - Birth of Rebecca Romijn; model-actress (Pepper Dennis, Just Shoot Me).
- 1972 - Birth of Thandie Newton; actress (ER).
- 1978 - Birth of Taryn Manning; American actress (Sons of Anarchy, Get Real).
- 1978 - Birth of Nicole Dubuc; actress/writer (Our House, Kim Possible, My Friends Tigger and Pooh).
- 1988 - Birth of Emma Stone; American actress (Drive).
- 1989 - Birth of Mercedes Kastner; actress (Beverly Hills 90210 TV show).
Deaths on November 6
- 1972 - Tod Andrews, actor (Gray Ghost, Counterthrust), dies at age 52.
- 1978 - Death of Flora Campbell of cancer at age 67; actress (Faraway Hill TV series, Date With Judy, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Love of Life).
- 1980 - Mary Michael, actress (Birdie - Wonderful John Acton), dies at age 77.
- 1985 - Death of Joel Crothers of a heart attack at age 44; actor (Dark Shadows, Secret Storm, Another World, Edge of Night, Somerset, Santa Barbara).
- 1995 - Death of Aneta Corsaut of cancer at age 62; actress (Helen Crump - Andy Griffith Show, Judge - Matlock).
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