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What happened in history on this day: September 12?
On September 12 in ...
- 1954 - CBS-TV airs the first episode of TV show Lassie.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network premieres the Walt Disney Presents TV show.
- 1959 - NBC premieres the Bonanza 60-minute western TV show, marking the first regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
- 1963 - The last episode of TV show Leave it to Beaver airs.
- 1966 - CBS airs the first episode of the sitcom Family Affair.
- 1966 - NBC-TV debuts the TV show The Roger Miller Show.
- 1966 - NBC premieres The Monkees 30-minute comedy TV show.
- 1970 - CBS airs the last The Jackie Gleason Show TV show.
- 1971 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Lassie, after running 17 years.
- 1972 - CBS TV airs the first episode of TV show Maude.
- 1978 - ABC airs the first episode of TV show Taxi.
- 1986 - The 3-D film Captain Eo, starring Michael Jackson, opens in the Magic Eye Theater in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World. It cost over US$17 million to produce, making it the most costly movie to date, at about US$1 million per minute. Lucasfilm provided more than 150 special effects for the 17-minute movie.
- 1987 - The last episode of The Ellen Burstyn Show airs.
- 1987 - The Fox TV network airs the last episode of Down and Out in Beverly Hills.
- 1992 - The CBS TV network airs the first show of Disney's The Little Mermaid, entitled Whale of a Tail.
- 1992 - The ABC TV network begins airing episodes of Goof Troop.
- 1992 - The CBS TV network begins airing the animated TV series Raw Toonage.
- 1992 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of The Golden Girls.
- 1994 - Disney's syndicated TV show Judge for Yourself first airs.
Births on September 12
- 1888 - Birth of Maurice Chevalier in Paris, France; actor (Gigi).
- 1894 - Birth of Billy Gilbert in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday).
- 1901 - Birth of Ben Blue in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show).
- 1920 - Birth of Irene Daily; actress (Liz - Another World, Grissom Gang).
- 1925 - Birth of Dickie Moore in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men).
- 1931 - Birth of Ian Holm in Ilford, Essex, England; British actor (Himmler - Holocaust).
- 1940 - Birth of Linda Gray in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Sue Ellen Ewing - Dallas).
- 1940 - Birth of Susan Sennett in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Big Bad Mama).
- 1951 - Birth of Joe Pantoliano; actor (The Finelli Boys).
- 1954 - Birth of Peter Scolari in New Rochelle, New York, USA; actor (Jerry - Newhart).
- 1955 - Birth of Nina Blackwood in Massachusetts, USA; actress / VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad).
- 1957 - Birth of Rachel Ward in Cornwell Manor, England; actress (The Thorn Birds).
Deaths on September 12
- 1953 - Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at age 73 of a heart attack.
- 1972 - Death of William Boyd at age 77 of Parkinson's and heart failure; actor (Hopalong Cassidy in movies, on radio, and on TV).
- 1980 - Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at age 65.
- 1981 - Death of Chief Dan George AKA Teswahno at age 82; Chief of the Squamish Band (1951-63), actor (Cariboo Country TV show (1961), (The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1967), The Beachcombers TV show (1971)).
- 1986 - Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph - I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at age 75.
- 1989 - Death of John Qualen at age 89 of heart failure; character actor (The Odd Couple, Mister Ed, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Yancy Derringer).
- 1991 - Regis Toomey, actor (You're in the Army Now), dies at age 93.
- 1992 - Death of Anthony Perkins; American actor (Norman Bates - Psycho (1960) (born 1932).
- 1993 - Death of Raymond Burr at age 76; actor (Fort Laramie radio show, Perry Mason TV show (1957-66, two Emmy awards), Ironside TV show (1967-75)).
- 1995 - Death of Jeremy Brett of a heart attack at age 59; actor (Sherlock Holmes - films for UK and US TV).
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