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What happened in history on this day: January 11?
On January 11 in ...
- 1958 - CBS-TV begins airing the Sea Hunt TV show, starring Lloyd Bridges.
- 1966 - CBS TV debuts African adventure series Daktari, starring Marshall Thompson.
- 1974 - The ABC TV network airs the last Love, American Style TV show in the USA. 65 episodes aired.
- 1974 - The ABC TV network airs the last Room 222 TV show in the USA.
- 1994 - The Fox TV network debuts the Monty show.
- 1995 - The 5th US television network "The WB" by Warner Brothers begins operations, with flagships WPIX in New York City and KTLA In Los Angeles.
- 1995 - The WB TV network debuts the Disney series Unhappily Ever After.
- 2009 - In Beverly Hills, California, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, presents the Golden Globe Awards.
- Best drama: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best musical score: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best film musical or comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best actress in a drama: Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road
- Best supporting actress: Kate Winslet for The Reader
- Best actor in a drama: Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
- Best actor in a musical or comedy: Colin Farrell for In Bruges
- Best actress in a musical or comedy: Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
- Best animated film: Wall-E
- Best foreign language film: Waltz With Bashir
- Best original song: "The Wrestler"
- Best TV drama program: Mad Men
- Best TV comedy: 30 Rock
- Best TV comedy actor: Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock
- Best TV comedy actress: Tina Fey for 30 Rock
- Best TV drama actor: Gabriel Byrne for In Treatment
- Best TV drama actress: Anna Paquin for True Blood
Births on January 11
- 1886 - Birth of George Zucco in England; actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury).
- 1888 - Birth of Chester Conklin in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA; actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed).
- 1890 - Birth of Monte Blue in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy).
- 1899 - Birth of Eva LeGallienne in England; actress/director (Resurrection, Dupont Show of the Month TV show, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show, Ford Theatre Hour TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Studio One TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show).
- 1908 - Birth of Lionel Stander in The Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Max - Hart to Hart TV show, Eddie Cantor Show radio show, Kraft Music Hall, The Fred Allen Show, Mayor of the Town, Stage Door Canteen, The Jack Paar Show, The Life of Riley (1941), Unfaithfully Yours).
- 1912 - Birth of Donald Barry in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Mr Gallo - Mr Novak).
- 1916 - Birth of Bernard Blier in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actor (Les Miserables).
- 1919 - Birth of Veda Ann Borg in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Avalanche, Accomplice).
- 1922 - Birth of Kathleen Byron in London, England; actress (Abdication, Profile, Four Days).
- 1925 - Birth of Grant Tinker in Stamford Connecticut, USA; co-created MTM Enterprises, Emmy-winning producer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Hill St. Blues), president and CEO of NBC.
- 1926 - Birth of Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker; Dutch actress (The Miser).
- 1928 - Birth of David L Wolper; producer (Devil's Brigade).
- 1930 - Birth of Rod Taylor in Sydney, Australia; actor (Falcon Crest, Outlaws, The Oregon Trail, Bearcats, Time Machine) (dies 2015).
- 1931 - Birth of Ed Hall in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Dr Bicker - Medical Center).
- 1934 - Birth of Mitchell Ryan in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Chase, Executive Suite, Dharma and Greg, Santa Barbara, The Chisholms).
- 1936 - Birth of Linda Lawson in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; actress (Don't Call Me Charlie, Ben Casey, Adventure in Paradise).
- 1937 - Birth of Felix Silla; actor (The Addams Family, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century).
- 1943 - Birth of Stan Ivar; actor (Days of Our Lives, Little House on the Prairie).
- 1945 - Birth of Christine Kaufmann in Austria; actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips).
- 1947 - Birth of Anna Calder-Marshall in Kensington, England; actress (Zulu Dawn).
- 1949 - Birth of Caskey Swaim in Lexington, North Carolina, USA; actor (Sergeant Fitz - Project UFO, Friday the 13th Part V).
- 1949 - Birth of Tom Netherton in Munich, Germany; singer (Lawrence Welk Show).
- 1954 - Birth of Saskia Ten Batenburg; Dutch actress (Factory, Hunk).
- 1954 - Emmy Arbous, Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), dies at age 56.
- 1962 - Birth of Kim Coles in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Synclaire - Living Single, The Geena Davis Show).
- 1962 - Birth of Julie Moran; TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight, Independence Day, ABC's Wide World of Sports).
- 1963 - Birth of Jason Connery in London, England; actor (Robin Hood).
- 1965 - Birth of Joely Richardson in London, England; actress (Body Contact, Wetherby).
- 1965 - Birth of Loredana Romito in Benevento, Italy; model/actress (Fatal Temptation).
- 1965 - Birth of Olivia Barash in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (Laura - Out of the Blue).
- 1967 - Birth of Jeff Bankett in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Tyler - One Life to Live).
- 1968 - Birth of Sharon Brown in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Chantal - Generations).
- 1972 - Birth of Christian Jacobs; actor (Gloria, Maggie, Yo Gabba Gabba).
- 1972 - Birth of Marc Blucas; actor (Buffy the Vampies Slayer, Clueless).
- 1972 - Birth of Amanda Peet; actress (Studio 60, Jack and Jill).
- 1974 - Birth of Rockmond Dunbar; actor (Prison Break, Soul Food).
Deaths on January 11
- 1973 - Death of Isabel Randolph at age 83; actress (Mrs. Abigail Uppington - "Fibber McGee and Molly", Missing Corpse, Meet Millie, December Bride, Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1978 - Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt and Pepper), dies at age 57.
- 1979 - Death of Jack Soo from throat cancer at age 63; Japanese-American actor (Detective Sergeant Nick Yemana - Barney Miller TV show, Green Berets).
- 1981 - Death of Beulah Bondiat age 91; actress (Aunt Martha - The Waltons TV show).
- 1984 - Jack La Rue, TV narrator (Lights Out), dies at age 84.
- 1990 - Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies.
- 1997 - Death of Sheldon Leonard at age 89; American actor (Jack Benny radio and TV shows), producer/director (Make Room for Daddy, I Spy, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, My World and Welcome to It, The Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 2023 - Death of Piers Haggard at age 83; film, TV, and theatre director (Pennies From Heaven).
- 2023 - Death of Charles Kimbrough at age 86 in hospital in Culver City, California, USA; actor (Jim Dial - Murphy Brown TV show).
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