What happened in history on this day: November 9?
On November 9 in ...
- 1952 - CBS premieres the Omnibus 60-minute educational TV show.
- 1970 - The PBS TV network begins airing the Sesame Street TV show in the USA.
- 1990 - Orion Pictures releases the film Dances with Wolves to theaters.
- 1997 - BBC News 24 is launched.
- 2012 - Sony releases the film Skyfall to theaters.
Births on November 9
- 1886 - Birth of Isaiah Edwin Leopold AKA Ed Wynn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comic/actor (The Ed Wynn Show, All Star Revue, Mary Poppins, Ziegfeld Follies, Marjorie Morningstar, The Diary of Anne Frank, Cinderfella, Babes in Toyland, The Absent-Minded Professor).
- 1891 - Birth of Clifton Webb; actor (Sitting Pretty, Mr Belvedere Goes to College).
- 1898 - Birth of Paul Robeson; actor/singer/football star (King Solomon's Mines).
- 1930 - Birth of Charlie Jones in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA; sportscaster (Almost Anything Goes).
- 1951 - Birth of Lou Ferrigno in Brooklyn, New York, USA; body builder/actor (The Incredible Hulk).
- 1964 - Birth of John Joseph Thomas in Arcadia, California, USA; actor (Young Daniel Boone).
- 1974 - Birth of Dah-ve Chodan; actress (Tia - Uncle Buck).
Deaths on November 9
- 1967 - Death of American actor Charles Bickford (Playhouse 90, Ford TV Theater, The Virginian, Wagon Train, The Dick Powell Show) of a blood infection at age 75.
- 1976 - Death of Billy Halop at age 56 from a heart attack; actor (Bert Munson - All in the Family TV show).
- 1978 - Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at age 75.
- 1979 - Death of Lewis Charles at age 59 from cancer; actor (Feather and Father Gang TV show, Adam 12 TV show, Richard Diamond TV show, The Rifleman TV show).
- 1980 - Carmel Myers, actress (Carmel Myers Show), dies at age 79.
- 1980 - Victor Sen Yung, actor (Bonanza, Bachelor Family), dies at age 65.
- 2003 - Death of Art Carney at age 85; actor (Ed Norton - The Honeymooners).
- 2006 - Death of Ed Bradley at age 65 from complications of leukemia; CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes TV show, 19 Emmy Awards).
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