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What happened in history on this day: January 16?
On January 16 in ...
- 1965 - ABC-TV airs the sci-fi series Outer Limits for the last time.
- 1973 - NBC airs the last Bonanza western TV show. A total of 440 episodes aired since 1959.
- 1975 - The NBC TV network airs the last Ironside TV show in the USA. 120 episodes aired over eight years.
- 1976 - ABC-TV premieres the one-hour music variety show Donny and Marie, hosted by brother and sister team, Donny and Marie Osmond.
- 1988 - 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins.
- 1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS-TV for racial remarks.
- 1991 - 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins.
- 1995 - UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting.
Births on January 16
- 1878 - Birth of Harry [Henry Dewitt] Carey in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Informer, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force).
- 1887 - Birth of John Hamilton in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Perry White - Superman).
- 1890 - Birth of Lloyd Bacon in San Jose, California, USA; actor (Charlie Chaplin).
- 1907 - Birth of Alexander Knox in London, Ontario, Canada; actor (US President Woodrow Wilson - Wilson film (1944), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy TV series, Gorky Park, Two of a Kind).
- 1909 - Birth of Ethel Merman AKA Ethel Zimmerman in Astoria, New York, USA; Tony-winning singer/actress (Hollywood Palace TV show, Toast of the Town TV show, Shower of Stars TV show, Batman, Tarzan, and The Love Boat) (dies 1984).
- 1917 - Birth of Buddy Lester in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Nick - The Phil Silvers Show).
- 1920 - Birth of Elliot Reid in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, New Dick Van Dyke Show, Disneyland, radio's Suspense).
- 1924 - Birth of Katy Jurado in México; actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo).
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Pataki in Youngstown, Ohio, USA; actor (Get Christie Love).
- 1941 - Birth of Richard Bohringer in Paris, France; actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow).
- 1941 - Birth of Tÿmen G J "Tim" Beekman; actor (Nosferatu).
- 1945 - Birth of Kabir Bedi; actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry).
- 1947 - Birth of Juliet Berto in Grenoble, France; actress (Le Sex Shop).
- 1950 - Birth of Caroline Munro in Windsor, England; actress (The Spy Who Loved Me).
- 1950 - Birth of Debbie Allen in Houston, Texas, USA; dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia - Fame).
- 1968 - Birth of David Chokachi; actor (Baywatch).
- 1971 - Birth of Josh Evans, actor (Ricochet, The Doors).
- 1973 - Birth of Josie Davis in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Sarah - Charles in Charge).
- 1986 - Birth of Mason Gamble; actor (Dennis the Menace).
Deaths on January 16
- 1942 - Carole Lombard, actress (Bolero), is killed in a plane crash (along with her mother and 20 others) at age 33.
- 1946 - Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at age 71.
- 1971 - Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at age 68.
- 1972 - Death of David Seville AKA Ross Bagdasarian at age 52 of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, USA; voice actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks), songwriter ("The Chipmunk Song", "Come on-a My House", "Witch Doctor" (1958)).
- 1973 - Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at age 65.
- 1979 - Ted Cassidy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor (Lurch - Addams Family), dies at age 46 (born 1932).
- 1981 - Bernard Lee, actor ("M" in James Bond movies), dies at age 73.
- 1987 - Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at age 54.
- 1989 - Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies.
- 1989 - Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies.
- 1993 - Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at age 87.
- 1993 - Glenn Corbett, US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at age 63.
- 1994 - Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at age 86.
- 2023 - Death of Gina Lollobrigida at age 95; model, actor (Queen of Sheba - Solomon and Sheba movie, Esmeralda - The Hunchback of Notre Dame movie, Bread, Love and Dreams movie, The Wayward Wife movie, Woman of Rome movie, Trapeze movie (1956), Beat the Devil movie (1953)).
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