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What happened in history on this day: December 6?
On December 6 in ...
- 1948 - CBS-TV debuts Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts TV show.
- 1955 - New York psychologist Joyce Brothers wins TV's $64,000 Question on boxing.
- 1964 - NBC airs the Rankin-Bass holiday TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for the first time.
- 1989 - The final episode (until 2005) of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who is broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom.
- 1992 - The Fox TV network airs the last episode of the series Woops!.
Births on December 6
- 1870 - Birth of William S Hart; actor, silent Western films (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds).
- 1876 - Birth of Dewi Angrènie [Martha CA Giese]; Flemish/Dutch actress (Champagne).
- 1887 - Birth of Lynn Fontanne in in Woodford, England; actress (Dulcy, Arms and the Man, The Magnificent Yankee (Emmy award), US Steel Hour, Producer's Showcase), narrator (Peter Pan (1960)).
- 1892 - Birth of Lina Carstens in Wiesbaden, Germany; actress (Homeland, Broken Jug).
- 1898 - Birth of Herman Shumlin; actor (Watch on the Rhine).
- 1899 - Birth of Nikolai Batalov in Moscow, Russia; actor (Mother).
- 1900 - Birth of Agnes Moorehead in Clinton, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Mercury Players radio show, Suspense, The Mayor of the Town, Endora - Bewitched, The Wild Wild West (Emmy award)).
- 1924 - Birth of Susan Foster in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Sierra).
- 1924 - Birth of Wally Cox in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Mr. Peepers TV show, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday), panelist (Hollywood Squares).
- 1926 - Birth of Martti Katajisto in Parkano, Finland; actor (Mar Oksalla Ylimmaellae).
- 1928 - Birth of Bobby Van AKA Robert Stein in New York City, New York, USA; singer/dancer/actor/host (Hollywood Palace, Showoffs TV show, The Fun Factory, Make Me Laugh, Tattletales, Match Game).
- 1929 - Birth of King Moody in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Shtarker - Get Smart).
- 1945 - Birth of James Naughton in Middletown, Connecticut, USA; actor (Trauma Center, Making the Grade, Stranger is Watching).
- 1946 - Birth of Terence Knox in Richland, Washington, USA; actor (Tour of Duty, Saint Elsewhere).
- 1948 - Birth of JoBeth Williams in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Kramer versus Kramer, Poltergeist, Miss Match, Payne, Guiding Light).
- 1952 - Birth of Terence Knox in Richland, Washington, USA; actor (Peter - St. Elsewhere).
- 1953 - Birth of Gina Hecht in Winter Park, Florida, USA; actress (Melanie - Hizzoner, Mork and Mindy).
- 1953 - Birth of Thomas Hulce in Plymouth, Michigan, USA; actor (Amadeus, Equus, Echo Park).
- 1953 - Birth of Kin Shriner in New York City, New York, USA, twin brother of Wil Shriner; actor (Scott - General Hospital, Rituals, Justice League, Port Charles, As the World Turns, Young and the Restless).
- 1953 - Birth of Wil Shriner in New York City, New York, USA, twin brother of Kin Shriner; comedian, talk show host (Wil Shriner Show).
- 1954 - Birth of Miles Chapin in New York City, New York, USA; actor (French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse).
- 1955 - Birth of Steven Wright; droll comedian (Steven Wright Live, Mad About You).
- 1962 - Birth of Janine Turner; actress (Strong Medicine, Northern Exposure).
- 1963 - Birth of Janine Turner in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; actress (Maggie - Northern Exposure).
- 1967 - Birth of Spanky Marcus in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Jimmy Joe - Mary Hartman).
- 1976 - Birth of Colleen Haskell; actress (Survivor TV show).
- 1976 - Birth of Lindsay Price in Arcadia, California; actress (The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children, Pepper Dennis, Beverly Hills 90210).
Deaths on December 6
- 1959 - Death of Len Doyle at age 66; actor (Harrington - Mr District Attorney radio and TV show).
- 1972 - Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at age 38.
- 1984 - Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at age 90.
- 1985 - Death of Burr Tillstrom at age 68 of heart failure; puppeteer (Kukla Fran and Ollie TV show).
- 1987 - James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies.
- 1989 - Death of Frances Bavier at age 86 of a heart attack; actress (Aunt Bee - The Andy Griffith Show).
- 1989 - John Paine, actor (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at age 77.
- 1991 - Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna - Aldrich Family), dies at age 62.
- 1992 - Death of Hank Worden at age 91; actor (Red River, Twin Peaks, The Lone Ranger, Petticoat Junction).
- 1992 - Percy Herbert, actor (Captain Apache), dies of heart attack at age 72.
- 1993 - Death of Don Ameche at age 85 of prostate cancer; actor (Betty and Bob radio show, Grand Hotel, First Nighter, The (Battling) Bickersons, Charlie McCarthy Show, Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show TV show, Cocoon movie).
- 1993 - Rita Macedo, actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at age 65.
- 1994 - Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (A Hard Day's Night), dies at age 69.
- 1994 - Gian Maria Volonte, actresss (Fistful of Dollars), dies at age 61.
- 1995 - Kathleen Harrison, actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at age 103.
- 1997 - Death of Eliot Daniel at age 89; composer (I Love Lucy TV show theme).
- 1998 - Death of Michael Zaslow at age 56 of Lou Gehrig's Disease; actor (One Life to Live, Search for Tomorrow, Love is a Many Splendored Thing).
- 2000 - Death of Werner Klemperer at age 80 from cancer; actor (Colonel Klink - Hogan's Heroes).
- 2008 - Death of Beverly Garland at age 82; actress (Decoy TV show, 7th Heaven, My Three Sons).
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