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What happened in history on this day: June 23?
On June 23 in ...
- 1956 - NBC-TV airs The Jimmy Durante Show for the last time.
- 1960 - ABC-TV airs The Pat Boone Show for the last time.
- 1970 - CBS-TV airs The Red Skelton Show for the last time.
- 1980 - NBC-TV debuts The David Letterman Show daytime TV show.
- 1989 - Buena Vista releases the film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids to theaters.
- 1989 - Warner Bros. releases the film Batman to theaters.
- 1990 - TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of the year.
Births on June 23
- 1910 - Birth of Edward P. Morgan in Walla Walla, Washington, USA; journalist (1955-67), radio commentator ("Edward P. Morgan and the News" on ABC, George Foster Peabody Award 1956), TV news anchor (ABC Evening News).
- 1916 - Birth of Irene Worth in Nebraska, USA; actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas and Alexandra).
- 1925 - Birth of Larry Blyden AKA Ivan Lawrence Blieden in Houston, Texas, USA; TV actor (Joe & Mabel, Harry's Girls), game show host (What's My Line).
- 1929 - Birth of Dave King in Twickenham, England; comedian (Kraft Music Hall).
- 1929 - Birth of June Carter in Scott County, Virginia, USA; singer (Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring of Fire"), actress and comedian (Carter Family), second wife of singer Johnny Cash.
- 1946 - Birth of Russ Thacker in Washington DC, USA; producer (Golden Seal).
- 1946 - Birth of Ted Shackelford in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Knots Landing, The Young and The Restless, Dallas).
- 1947 - Birth of Bryan Brown; actor (Thorn Birds, A Town Like Alice).
- 1950 - Birth of Sally Geeson in Sussex, England; actress (Bless This House).
- 1957 - Birth of Frances McDormand; actress (State of Grace, Leg Work, Hill Street Blues).
- 1962 - Birth of Paul La Greca; actor (Airwolf, Knight Rider).
- 1964 - Birth of Trent Bushey in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA; actor (David Rampal - All My Children).
- 1965 - Birth of Trent Bushey; actor (All My Children).
- 1976 - Birth of Emmanuelle Vaugler in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Two-and a-Half Men, CSI: New York, Smallville).
Deaths on June 23
- 1969 - Death of Stanley Andrews at age 78; actor (The Old Ranger - Death Valley Days TV show).
- 1972 - Death of Elton Britt at age 54; yodeller, Jimmie Rodgers imitator, country singer (Saturday Night Jamboree).
- 1973 - Death of Fay Holdenat age 77 of cancer; actress (Andy Hardy's mother in MGM films and The Hardy Family radio series).
- 2005 - Death of Shana Alexander at age 79 from cancer; journalist (Point-Counterpoint on 60 Minutes (1975-79)).
- 2006 - Death of Aaron Spelling in Los Angeles at age 83; television producer (The Mod Squad, Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Starsky and Hutch, Family, Hotel, The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Vega$, Hart to Hart, Dynasty, The Colbys, T.J. Hooker, Nightingales, Kindred: The Embraced, 7th Heaven, Burke's Law, Honey West, S.W.A.T.).
- 2009 - Longtime Johnny Carson announcer/sidekick (The Tonight Show for 30 years) Ed McMahon dies at age 86 in California; host of Star Search from 1983 to 1995, co-host of Bloopers and Practical Jokes from 1982 to 1986, and emceed game shows Missing Links, Snap Judgment, Concentration, and Whodunnit!.
- 2016 - Death of Michael Herr, American writer, journalist and screenwriter (born 1940).
- 2023 - Death of Paxton Whitehead at age 85 following a fall, in Arlington, Virginia, USA; actor (Friends TV show, Mad About You TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Frederic Forrest at age 86 after a long illness; actor (The Rose film (1979)).
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