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What happened in history on this day: September 18?
On September 18 in ...
- 1955 - CBS airs the last Toast of the Town TV show.
- 1957 - NBC TV debuts the Wagon Train TV show.
- 1963 - ABC TV debuts The Patty Duke Show.
- 1964 - ABC TV debuts The Addams Family TV show.
- 1965 - NBC-TV debuts the I Dream of Jeannie sitcom TV show, starring Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network premieres the Get Smart 30-minute TV show in the USA.
- 1968 - The CBS TV network airs the last He and She TV show in the USA.
- 1969 - The ABC TV network begins airing The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1970 - The ABC TV network aires the last The Ghost and Mrs. Muir TV show in the USA.
- 1978 - CBS TV debuts the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
- 1986 - The TV series Siskel & Ebert debuts in syndication.
- 1987 - Paramount releases the film Fatal Attraction to theaters.
- 1987 - A two-hour syndicated TV special DuckTales airs. This is the debut of the first daily animated series from the Walt Disney Studios.
- 1992 - The CBS TV network begins airing the Disney show The Golden Palace, a sequel to The Golden Girls.
- 1993 - The CBS TV network debuts the animated TV series Marsupilami.
- 1995 - The CBS TV network debuts the Touchstone Television TV series If Not for You.
- 2011 - The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presents the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Best Drama Series: Mad Men,
Actor in a Drama Series: Kyle Chandler in Friday Night Lights,
Actress in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife,
Best Comedy Series: Modern Family,
Actor in a Comedy Series: Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory,
Actress in a Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy in Mike & Molly,
Best Reality Competition Program: The Amazing Race.
Births on September 18
- 1905 - Birth of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Jack Benny Show).
- 1916 - Birth of Rossano Brazzi in Bologna, Italy; actor (Antaeus - Survivors).
- 1920 - Birth of Jack Warden in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby).
- 1928 - Birth of Phyllis Kirk in Syracuse, New York, USA; actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show).
- 1932 - Birth of Jack Mullaney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time).
- 1933 - Birth of Robert Blake in Nutley, New Jersey, USA; actor (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast).
- 1940 - Birth of Frankie Avalon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Beach movies), singer ("Venus").
- 1941 - Birth of Mariangela Melato in Milan, Italy; actress (Flash Gordon, Summer Night).
- 1964 - Birth of Holly Robinson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (21 Jump Street).
- 1968 - Birth of Francis McDonald in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA; actor (Will - Adventures of Champion).
Deaths on September 18
- 1949 - Death of Frank Morgan AKA Francis Wuppermann at age 59 after a heart attack; actor (Maxwell House Coffee Time radio show, The Wizard of Oz movie (1939), Annie Get Your Gun movie).
- 2001 - Death of Ernie Coombs at age 73; actor (Mr. Dressup TV show (1967-1996)).
- 2022 - Death of Marcello Magni at age 63; Italian actor, co-founder (Complicité theatre company).
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