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What happened in history on this day: September 11?
On September 11 in ...
- 1928 - First TV drama-WGY's The Queens Messenger.
- 1954 - The Miss America Pageant is televised, live, for the first time, with host Bob Russell. Lee Meriwether (Miss California) is crowned Miss America by a panel of judges.
- 1961 - NBC airs the last The Barbara Stanwyck Theatre TV show. A total of 36 episodes aired.
- 1963 - ABC airs the last Naked City TV show. A total of 39 30-minute and 99 60-minute shows were aired.
- 1967 - The CBS TV network airs the first The Carol Burnett Show 60-minute variety show in the USA.
- 1970 - CBS airs the last Get Smart TV show. A total of 138 episodes aired.
- 1993 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of Goof Troop.
- 1993 - The ABC TV network airs the last show of the Darkwing Duck series.
- 1995 - The TV talk show Danny first airs.
Births on September 11
- 1915 - Birth of Jack Fascinato in Bevier, Missouri, USA; pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla, Fran, and Ollie).
- 1923 - Birth of Alan Badel in Manchester, England; actor (Shogun).
- 1923 - Birth of Betsy Drake; fitness expert/actress (Every Girl Should be Married).
- 1928 - Birth of Earl Holliman in Louisiana, USA; actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic).
- 1930 - Birth of Cathryn Damon in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Mary Campbell - Soap).
- 1936 - Birth of Charles Dierkop in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Detective Pete Royster - Police Woman).
- 1961 - Birth of Virginia Madsen in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class).
- 1962 - Birth of Elizabeth Daily; actress (Street Music).
- 1962 - Birth of Kristy McNichol in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Buddy - Family, Barbara - Empty Nest).
Deaths on September 11
- 1959 - Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at age 52.
- 1966 - Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie - Ray Bolger Show), dies at age 68.
- 1970 - Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at age 69.
- 1971 - Percy Helton, actor (Homer - The Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 77.
- 1981 - Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at age 83.
- 1987 - Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies at age 72 (born 1915).
- 2002 - Death of Kim Hunter AKA Janet Cole at age 79 of a heart attack; actress (A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Academy award), Playhouse 90, The Edge of Night, All My Children, The Education of Max Bickford).
- 2003 - Actor John Ritter is stricken by a previously undiagnosed heart problem during the taping of the TV sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, dying in hospital at age 54.
- 2005 - Death of Chris Schenkel at age 82 of emphysema; sportscasters (play-by-play for ABC TV on college football, Major League Baseball, NBA basketball, golf and tennis tournaments, boxing, auto racing, Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Professional Bowling).
- 2006 - Death of Pat Corley at age 76 of congestive heart failure; actor (Phil - Murphy Brown TV show, Bay City Blues TV show, Hill St. Blues TV show, He's the Mayor TV show, Robert Kennedy and his Times, Roots, Fresno).
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