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What happened in history on this day: January 15?
On January 15 in ...
- 1974 - ABC airs the first episode of sitcom Happy Days, with Ron Howard as Ritchie Cunningham.
- 1981 - NBC-TV airs the first episode of TV show Hill Street Blues.
- 1990 - 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins.
- 1990 - NBC TV begins airing the series Blue Bayou.
- 1993 - NBC TV airs final episide of soap opera Santa Barbara.
- 1995 - The first episode of TV show Star Trek: Voyager airs.
- 2007 - NBC-TV airs the 64th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Some winners:
- Best Dramatic Film: Babel;
- Best Dramatic TV Series: Grey's Anatomy;
- Best TV Musical or Comedy Series: Ugly Betty.
Births on January 15
- 1888 - Birth of Joseph Henabery in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; director (Cobra).
- 1892 - Birth of Rex Ingram AKA Reginald IM Hitchcock; director (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse).
- 1893 - Birth of D Ivor D Novello in Cardiff, Wales; British actor/composer/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend, Truth Game).
- 1899 - Birth of Goodman Aiskowitz AKA Goodman Ace in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; comedian, magazine columnist, radio/television writer (Danny Kaye, Perry Como, The Big Show), radio actor (Easy Aces).
- 1913 - Birth of Lloyd Bridges in San Leandro, California, USA; actor (Sea Hunt TV show, Roots TV mini-series, Airplane! movie) (dies 1998).
- 1926 - Birth of Maria Schell in Vienna, Austria; actress (Space 1999).
- 1937 - Birth of Margaret O'Brien in San Diego, California, USA; actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in Saint Louis, Testimony of Two Men, Ironside, Playhouse 90).
- 1947 - Birth of Andrea Martin in Portland, Maine, USA; actress, comedienne (Wag The Dog film, Club Paradise, SCTV TV show, My Big Fat Greek Life, Martin Short Show).
- 1948 - Birth of Dini Petty; Canadian talk show host (CITY-TV).
- 1948 - Birth of Tommy Nolan in Montréal, Québec, Canada; actor (Jody - Buckskin).
- 1957 - Birth of Mario Van Peebles in Mexico; actor (Posse, South Bronx Heroes, One Life to Live).
- 1958 - Birth of Julian Sands; actor (One Night Stand).
- 1965 - Birth of James Nesbitt; actor (Ballykissangel).
- 1968 - Birth of Chad Lowe in Dayton, Ohio, USA; actor (Spencer, Apprentice to Murder, ER, Life Goes On, Melrose Place).
- 1969 - Birth of Demetra Hampton; actress (Valentina).
- 1971 - Birth of Regina King in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Brenda Jenkins - 227, 24, Leap of Faith, The Boondocks).
- 1972 - Birth of Ernie Reyes Junior in San Jose, California, USA; actor (Ernie - Sidekicks).
- 1978 - Birth of Eddie Cahill; actor (CSI: New York TV show).
Deaths on January 15
- 1962 - Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at age 62.
- 1968 - John Davidson, actor (Dick Tracy versus Crime Inc), dies at age 80.
- 1971 - John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at age 50.
- 1983 - Death of Sheppard Strudwick of cancer at age 75; actor (As The World Turns TV show, Another World TV show, One Life to Live TV show, Love of Life TV show, Psychomania).
- 1987 - Death of Ray Bolger AKA Raymond Wallace Bulcao at age 83 of cancer; singer, dancer, actor (Tin Woodsman - Wizard of Oz, host - Bell Telephone Hour, Grampa - The Partridge Family TV show).
- 1996 - Death of Les Baxter at age 73 of heart and kidney problems; orchestra leader/composer (Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young"), singer (the Meltones), music producer ("Ruby", "Unchained Melody", "The Poor People Of Paris"), musical director (The Halls Of Ivy, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello radio shows). writer ("Whistle" theme - Lassie TV show).
- 2000 - Death of Fran Ryan at age 83 of natural causes; actress (Green Acres TV show, The Doris Day Show TV show, General Hospital TV show).
- 2005 - Death of Deem Bristow, voice actor (Doctor Eggman) (born 1947).
- 2005 - Death of Ruth Warrick at age 89 from pneumonia; singer, actress (Orson Welles' Mercury Players, Citizen Kane movie, The Guiding Light TV show, As the World Turns TV show, Peyton Place TV show, Phoebe Tyler - All My Children TV show).
- 2009 - Patrick McGoohan, actor (Danger Man, The Prisoner, Emmy awards for Colombo, Bafta award for The Greatest Man In The World), dies at age 80 in Los Angeles, California.
- 2013 - Death of Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director (born 1932).
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