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What happened in history on this day: January 14?
On January 14 in ...
- 1952 - The NBC TV network begins airing The Today Show two-hour information TV show in the USA, with hosts Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie.
- 1972 - NBC-TV debuts the Sanford and Son TV show.
- 1973 - Largest audience for a single TV show to date: "Elvis - Aloha From Hawaii", seen by an estimated one billion viewers worldwide. The live concert at the Honolulu International Center Arena was beamed live via Globecam Satellite worldwide, and tape-delayed to many other countries.
- 1976 - ABC debuts The Bionic Woman TV show, starring Lindsay Wagner.
- 1979 - The Dukes of Hazzard TV show premieres on CBS-TV.
- 1981 - The Federal Communications Commissions frees radio stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish.
- 1990 - Fox-TV premieres prime-time cartoon TV series The Simpsons.
- 1991 - Barbara DeAngelis Show premieres on CBS-TV.
- 1993 - David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS.
- 1998 - ABC airs the 100th episode of Ellen TV show.
- 2001 - The WB airs the final episode of The Jamie Foxx Show.
Births on January 14
- 1892 - Birth of Hal Roach; early film director/producer (One Million BC).
- 1898 - Birth of Helen Flint in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast).
- 1903 - Birth of Veronica Turleigh in County Donegal, Ireland; actress (Promoter).
- 1906 - Birth of William Bendix in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Life of Riley radio show (1944-51), The Life of Riley TV show (1953-58), Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story).
- 1908 - Birth of Carl Esmond in Vienna, Austria; actor (Address Unknown, Hitler).
- 1908 - Birth of Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo; US singer/actor (Miracle of Women).
- 1914 - Birth of Harold Russell; actor (Best Years of Our Life).
- 1915 - Birth of Mark Goodson in Sacramento, California, USA; game show tycoon (Goodson-Todman productions, Beat the Clock, Family Feud, Match Game, Password, The Price is Right, To Tell the Truth, I've Got A Secret, What's My Line?) (dies 1992).
- 1919 - Birth of Andy Rooney in Albany, New York, USA; CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes).
- 1920 - Birth of George Herman; CBS TV newsman, moderator (Face the Nation TV program) (dies 2005).
- 1924 - Birth of Guy Williams in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Zorro - Zorro, Lost in Space, Bonanza, Disneyland).
- 1926 - Birth of Frank Aletter in Long Island, New York, USA; actor (General Hospital, Bringing Up Buddy, Mac - It's About Time, Tom - Nancy).
- 1926 - Birth of Thomas Tryon in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Cardinal, All That Glitters, John Slaughter - Texas John Slaughter, The Virginian).
- 1932 - Birth of Harriet Andersson in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Cries and Whispers).
- 1941 - Birth of Marjoe Gortner in Long Beach, California, USA; actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest).
- 1941 - Birth of [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway in Bascom, Florida, USA; actress (Chinatown, Bonnie and Clyde, Alias, A Will of Their Own, It Had to be You).
- 1943 - Birth of Holland Taylor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (The Practice, Bossom Buddies, Camilla - Naked Truth, Two and a Half Men, The Practice).
- 1943 - Birth of Ronald Hunter in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Lazarus Syndrome).
- 1948 - Birth of Carl Weathers in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Apollo Creed - Rocky, In the Heat of the Night, Street Justice, Fortune Dane).
- 1949 - Birth of Christine Belford in Amityville, New York, USA; actress (Banacek, Empire, Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1949 - Birth of Lawrence Kasdan in Miami, Florida, USA; director/writer (Accidental Tourist).
- 1964 - Birth of Shepard Smith; Fox News Channel anchorman.
- 1964 - Birth of Mark Addy; actor (Still Standing).
- 1965 - Birth of Désirée Nosbusch in Luxembourg; actress (The Fan).
- 1965 - Birth of Jemma Redgrave in London, England; actress (Buddha of Suburbia).
- 1965 - Birth of Vanity [Dee Dee Williams]; singer/actress (Action Jackson).
- 1966 - Birth of Daniel J Schneider in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Dennis - Head of the Class).
- 1967 - Birth of Emily Watson; actress (Breaking the Waves, Boxer).
- 1967 - Birth of Tom Rhodes; comedian, actor (Tom Rhodes - Mr Rhodes).
- 1969 - Birth of Jason Kent Bateman in Rye, New York; actor (David - Valerie, Hogan Family, Arrested Development).
Deaths on January 14
- 1957 - Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, The Caine Mutiny), dies at age 57.
- 1961 - Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at age 81.
- 1977 - Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at age 60.
- 1978 - Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma - Addams Family), dies at age 81.
- 1985 - Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at age 86.
- 1986 - Death of Donna Reed of pancreatic cancer at age 64; actress (Donna Reed Show TV show, Dallas TV show) (born 1921).
- 1990 - David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies.
- 1992 - Death of Hari Rhodes at age 59; actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000, Daktari TV show, The Bold Ones: The Protectors TV show).
- 1994 - Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at age 91.
- 2006 - Death of Shelley Winters at age 85 in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actress (Roseanne TV show, Oscar winner) (born 1920).
- 2007 - Death of Darlene Conley at age 72 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Sally Spectra - The Bold and the Beautiful, Gunsmoke, Mary Tyler Moore, The Young and the Restless, Capitol, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives).
- 2009 - Ricardo Montalban, Mexican-born American actor (The Colby's, Mr. Roarke - Fantasy Island, Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), dies at age 88 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, California.
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