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What happened in history on this day: September 3?
On September 3 in ...
- 1940 - First showing of high definition color TV.
- 1951 - CBS-TV airs the first episode of TV soap opera Search for Tomorrow.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the last Disneyland TV show.
- 1966 - ABC airs the final Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet TV show.
- 1967 - CBS-TV airs What's My Line for the final time after airing for 17 years.
- 1967 - NBC airs the last (until 1969) The Andy Williams Show TV show.
- 1971 - ABC airs The Lawrence Welk Show for the last time on network TV.
- 1988 - Disney's syndicated TV show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee begins airing.
- 1990 - The TV series The Challengers first airs.
- 1993 - The syndicated Disney TV show Going Bonkers airs.
- 2008 - The CW network in the USA debuts the new 90210 TV Show.
Births on September 3
- 1910 - Birth of Kitty Carlisle AKA Kitty Carlisle Hartin New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Animal Crackers), singer, panelist (To Tell the Truth TV show).
- 1910 - Birth of Yale Gracey in Shanghai, China; began at Disney Studios in 1939 as art director and layout artist on over 60 Disney films, added special effects to Disneyland attractions, retired 1975, named Disney Legend 1989.
- 1913 - Birth of Alan Ladd in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA; actor (Shane movie, Carpetbaggers, Boy on a Dolphin, Box 13 radio show).
- 1918 - Birth of Helen Wagner in Lubbock, Texas, USA; actress (Nancy - As the World Turns).
- 1923 - Birth of Terry Wilson in California, USA; actor (Bill - Wagon Train).
- 1926 - Birth of Bill Flemming in Chicago, Illinois, USA; sportscaster (60-year career, ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961-), covered more than 600 events, TV announcer for 11 Olympics).
- 1926 - Birth of Anne Jackson in Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine, Everything's Relative).
- 1926 - Birth of Irene Papas; actress (Anne of Thousand Days, Guns of Navarone, Z).
- 1932 - Birth of Eileen Brennan; actress (Private Benjamin, 7th Heaven).
- 1932 - Birth of Richard Tyler in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Henry Aldrich - Aldrich Family).
- 1935 - Birth of Eileen Brennan in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Laugh-In, Private Benjamin).
- 1940 - Birth of Pauline Collins in London, England; actress (Shirley Valentine, Upstairs Downstairs, Bleak House).
- 1943 - Birth of Valerie Perrine; actress (As The World Turns, Steambath).
- 1944 - Birth of Valerie Perrine in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny).
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Schirripa; actor (The Sopranos).
- 1965 - Birth of Charlie Sheen [Carlos Estevez] in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Wall Street, Platoon, Two-and-a-Half Men, Spin City).
- 1978 - Birth of Nick Wechsler; actor (Roswell).
Deaths on September 3
- 1982 - Michael Thoma, actor (Eight is Enough, Fame), dies at age 55.
- 1984 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at age 80.
- 1991 - Frank Capra, Italian-born film director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at age 94 (born 1897).
- 1994 - Death of James T. Aubrey Junior at age 75 after a heart attack; movie/TV executive (president of CBS, president of MGM).
- 1997 - Death of Hal Goodman at age 82; comedy writer (Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Frank Sinatra, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson).
- 2001 - Death of Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-born actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) (born 1973).
- 2022 - Death of Dan Lembo at age 75 at home in Manhattan, New York, USA; reality show contestant (Survivor: Nicaragua TV show (2010)).
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