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What happened in history on this day: June 24?
On June 24 in ...
- 1949 - Hopalong Cassidy becomes first TV network western (NBC).
- 1956 - NBC premieres The Steve Allen Show 60-minute variety TV show.
- 1957 - CBC debuts the Front Page Challenge game-interview TV show in Canada.
- 1957 - NBC-TV airs the last Robert Montgomery Presents TV show.
- 1957 - NBC-TV airs the last Producers' Showcase TV show.
- 1963 - First demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London, England.
- 1988 - Buena Vista releases the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit to theaters.
- 1994 - France's 1st all news TV station, LCI, begins broadcasting.
- 2009 - Paramount releases the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to theaters.
Births on June 24
- 1893 - Birth of Roy Oliver Disney in Chicago, Illinois, USA; CEO of Walt Disney Productions 40+ years, president for 25+ years (dies 1971).
- 1899 - Birth of Chief Dan George AKA Teswahno at the Burrard Reserve #3 in North Vancouver, BC, Canada; Chief of the Squamish Band (1951-63), actor (Cariboo Country TV show (1961), (The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1967), The Beachcombers TV show (1971)).
- 1903 - Birth of Phil Harris; singer/actor ("Anything Goes").
- 1919 - Birth of Al Molinaro in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; actor (The Odd Couple, Happy Days).
- 1923 - Birth of Jack Carter in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon, Stage Show, Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Claude Chabrol in Paris, France; director (Les Cousins, Ophéila).
- 1938 - Birth of Walter Willison in Monterrey Park, California, USA; actor (McDuff the Talking Dog).
- 1942 - Birth of Michele Lee in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress/singer (Karen - Knots Landing, Love Bug).
- 1943 - Birth of Georg Stanford Brown in Havana, Cuba; actor (Terry Webster - The Rookies, Nip/Tuck TV show).
- 1947 - Birth of Peter Weller; actor (Robocop, First Born, Of Unknown Origin, 24 TV show).
- 1950 - Birth of Nancy Allen in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill, Another Life).
- 1956 - Birth of Joe Penny; actor (Jake and the Fatman, Riptide).
- 1965 - Birth of Danielle Spencer in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Dee Thomas - What's Happening).
- 1967 - Birth of Sherry Stringfield; actress (ER TV show, NYPD Blue TV show).
- 1980 - Birth of Minka Kelly; actress (Friday Night Lights TV show).
Deaths on June 24
- 1971 - Death of Kenneth Washington at age 53; actor (Sargeant Baker - Hogan's Heroes TV show).
- 1984 - Death of William Keighley at age 94 of a stroke; actor, film director, host (Lux Radio Theatre).
- 1987 - Death of Jackie Gleason at age 71 of liver and colon cancer; comedian/actor (The Life of Riley (1949), Cavalcade of Stars (1950), Ralph Kramden - The Honeymooners).
- 1997 - Death of Brian Keith AKA Robert Keith Richey Junior at age 75 by suicide; actor (Uncle Bill - Family Affair, Hardcastle and McCormick, Archer, Heartland).
- 2005 - Death of Paul Winchell at age 82 in Los Angeles, California, USA; ventriloquist (dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff on TV in 1950s/60s), inventor, children's TV show host (Winchell-Mahoney Time), voice actor (Tigger - Winnie the Pooh films).
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