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What happened in history on this day: June 14?
On June 14 in ...
- 1939 - NBC debuts The Ethel Waters Show on television.
- 1967 - CBS debuts The Steve Allen Comedy Hour.
- 1976 - The Gong Show TV show premieres on syndicated TV.
- 1987 - NBC-TV airs action-adventure series The A Team for the last time.
- 1997 - ABC airs the final episode of TV show Lois and Clark.
Births on June 14
- 1906 - Birth of Carl Esmond in Wien, Austria; actor (Smash-Up).
- 1906 - Birth of Gil Lamb in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High).
- 1908 - Birth of John Scott Trotter in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; orchestra leader, musical director (Kraft Music Hall radio show, George Gobel Show TV show, Charlie Brown cartoon specials).
- 1909 - Birth of Burl Ives in Hunt, Illinois, USA; folk singer and actor (Wayfaring Stranger radio show, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, "The Blue Tail Fly", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "A Little Bitty Tear", "Funny Way of Laughin'", "Call Me Mr. In-Between", Alias Smith and Jones TV show).
- 1916 - Birth of Dorothy McGuire in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Rich Man, Poor Man, Old Yeller, Summer Magic, Little Women, The Young and The Restless, St. Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, The Love Boat).
- 1917 - Birth of Lash La Rue in Gretna, Louisiana, USA; cowboy actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp).
- 1919 - Birth of Sam Wanamaker in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal).
- 1921 - Birth of Gene Barry in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law).
- 1925 - Birth of Pierre Salinger; newsman (ABC)/press secretary (President John Kennedy).
- 1931 - Birth of Marla Gibbs in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Florence - The Jeffersons, Mary - 227).
- 1940 - Birth of Ben Davidson in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rhino - Ball Four, Code R).
- 1940 - Birth of Jack Bannon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Art - Lou Grant, Trauma Center).
- 1946 - Birth of Donald John Trump in Queens, New York, USA, to Fred C. Trump and Mary MacLeod; master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle), TV personality (The Apprentice).
- 1949 - Birth of Rochelle Firestone in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Hellhole).
- 1952 - Birth of Eddie Mekka in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Carmine - Laverne and Shirley).
- 1954 - Birth of Will Patton in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; actor (No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun, The Agency, Into the West, Numb3rs).
- 1968 - Birth of Yasmine Bleeth; actress (Baywatch, Titans, Nash Bridges).
- 1971 - Birth of Traylor Howard; actress; (Monk, Two Guys A Girl and a Pizza Place).
- 1991 - Birth of Daryl Sabara; actor (Father of the Pride, Miss/Guided).
Deaths on June 14
- 1965 - H.V. Kaltenborn, newscaster (Who Said That?), dies at age 86.
- 1977 - Death of Alan Reed at age 69; actor (Mr Adams and Eve), voice actor (Falstaff Openshaw - Fred Allen's Alley radio show, Fred Flinstone - The Flintstones TV show).
- 1977 - Death of Robert Middleton AKA Samuel Messer at age 66 of congestive heart failure; actor (Barney - The Monroes TV show, The Honeymooners, Burke's Law, Rawhide, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke).
- 1982 - Death of Marjorie Bennett at age 87 of cancer; actress (Blossom - Dobie Gillis TV show, Birdie Brockway - Lassie).
- 1986 - Death of Marlin Perkins at age 81 of cancer near Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; zoologist, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom TV show, Zoo Parade TV show).
- 1994 - Death of Henry Mancini at age 70 of liver and pancreatic cancer in Beverly Hills, California, USA; pianist, composer, orchestra leader (Glenn Miller-Tex Beneke orchestra, worked on over 100 films, "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", Peter Gunn TV show theme, Pink Panther movie theme, over 90 albums, "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet" album (1969)).
- 1997 - Death of Richard Jaeckel at age 70 of melanoma cancer; actor (Baywatch TV show, Spenser For Hire TV show, Supercarrier, Salvage 1, Firehouse, Banyon TV show).
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