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What happened in history on this day: September 19?
On September 19 in ...
- 1960 - NBC premieres The Barbara Stanwyck Theatre TV show, 30-minute dramatic variety.
- 1961 - CBS airs the last Playhouse 90 TV show.
- 1962 - CBS airs the last Checkmate TV show. A total of 70 episodes aired.
- 1962 - CBS airs the last Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV show. A total of 145 episodes aired.
- 1969 - The ABC TV network airs the last Judd, For the Defense TV show in the USA. 50 episodes airede.
- 1969 - The ABC TV network airs the last The Dick Cavett Show 60-minute discussion/variety TV show in the USA.
- 1969 - The NBC TV Network airs the first Bracken's World 60-minute TV show in the USA.
- 1969 - CBS airs the last The Wild, Wild West TV show.
- 1970 - The CBS TV network airs the first The Mary Tyler Moore 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1983 - The syndicated TV game show Wheel of Fortune debuts.
- 1983 - CBS-TV airs the final episode of M*A*S*H, attracting a record viewership.
- 1984 - NBC debuts the Highway to Heaven TV show.
- 1990 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney-produced series Lenny.
- 1994 - NBC airs the first episode of E.R..
- 1999 - CBS airs the first episode of TV show Judging Amy.
Births on September 19
- 1889 - Birth of Ernest Truex in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Pop - Pete and Gladys, Mr Peepers).
- 1928 - Birth of Adam West in Walla Walla, Washington, USA; actor (Batman, Last Precinct).
- 1930 - Birth of Rosemary Harris in Ashby, Suffolk, England; actress (Holocaust).
- 1931 - Birth of Ray Danton in New York City, New York, USA; actor/director (The Longest Day, Psychic Killer).
- 1933 - Birth of David McCallum in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Ilyla Kuryakin - Man From UNCLE).
- 1940 - Birth of Paul Williams; singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes).
- 1945 - Birth of Randolph Mantooth in Sacramento, California, USA; actor (Emergency, Loving).
- 1948 - Birth of Jeremy Irons in England; actor (French Lieutenant's Woman).
- 1949 - Birth of Twiggy Lawson [Leslie Hornby] in England; model/actress (Boyfriend).
- 1950 - Birth of Rudy Ramos in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Wind - High Chaparral).
- 1952 - Birth of Scott Colomby in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Stash - Sons and Daughters, Szysznyk).
- 1956 - Birth of Rex Smith in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; actor (Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance).
- 1958 - Birth of Kevin Hooks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela).
- 1962 - Birth of Tonja Walker; actress (Capitol, General Hospital).
- 1964 - Birth of Kim Richards in Long Island, New York, USA; actress (Nanny and the Professor, James at 15).
Deaths on September 19
- 1968 - Death of Red Foley AKA Clyde Julian Foley of a heart attack at age 58; country singer/songwriter ("Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy", "Old Shep", "Sugarfoot Rag", "Tennessee Saturday Night", "Peace in the Valley"), TV host (Ozark Jubilee), actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
- 2000 - Death of Ann Doran at age 89; actress (Twilight Zone, Cagney and Lacey, Hunter, appeared in estimated 500 movies and 1000 TV shows).
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