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What happened in history on this day: September 1?
On September 1 in ...
- 1902 - World's first science-fiction film, George Méliés' Le Voyage Dans La Lune debuts in Paris, France.
- 1949 - NBC-TV debuts TV show Martin Kane, Private Eye, starring William Gargan.
- 1952 - CBS-TV debuts 30-minute daily TV variety show House Party, hosted by Art Linkletter.
- 1970 - NBC-TV airs the last episode of I Dream of Jeannie, after a 5-year run.
- 1973 - ABC airs the last The Monkees TV show. A total of 58 episodes aired.
- 1975 - CBS airs the last Gunsmoke TV show. A total of 633 episodes were broadcast over twenty years.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs the show Win, Lose, or Draw for the last time. The network aired 505 episodes.
- 1990 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of Disney's Gummi Bears / Winnie the Pooh Hour.
- 1995 - The last show of the Darkwing Duck series airs in syndication.
- 2007 - Finland switches off all of its analogue terrestrial television signals as part of the digital switchover.
Births on September 1
- 1900 - Birth of Richard Arlen; actor (Alice in Wonderland).
- 1910 - Birth of Jack Hawkins in London, England; actor (Ben - Four Just Men).
- 1922 - Birth of Vittorio Gassman; actor (War and Peace).
- 1922 - Birth of Yvonne De Carlo in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Ten Commandments, The Munsters).
- 1937 - Birth of Ron O'Neal in Utica, New York, USA; actor (Superfly).
- 1938 - Birth of George Maharis in Astoria, New York, USA; actor (Buz - Route 66, Most Deadly Game).
Deaths on September 1
- 1955 - Philip Loeb, actor (Jake - The Goldbergs), dies at age 61.
- 1967 - James Dunn, actor (Uncle Earl - It's a Great Life), dies at age 65.
- 1977 - Death of Ethel Waters at age 76; actress (Beulah) / singer ("Stormy Weather").
- 1986 - Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at age 63.
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