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What happened in history on this day: September 21?
On September 21 in ...
- 1948 - NBC premieres the Texaco Star Theatre 60-minute variety TV show, with host Milton Berle.
- 1951 - CBS debuts TV soap opera Love of Life.
- 1956 - CBS airs the last Our Miss Brooks TV show.
- 1957 - CBS premieres the Perry Mason 60-minute crime drama TV show, starring Raymond Burr.
- 1962 - NBC TV debuts The Jack Paar Show.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the first The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1968 - NBC debuts police TV show Adam-12.
- 1970 - ABC-TV debuts Monday Night Football, with Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Keith Jackson. The Cleveland Browns beat the New York Jets 31-21.
- 1987 - The first of 65 episodes of DuckTales begin airing on 121 TV stations, reaching 83% of TV households.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network debuts the Disney TV show The Torkelsons.
- 1993 - ABC airs the first episode of TV show NYPD Blue.
- 1998 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show Will and Grace.
Births on September 21
- 1907 - Birth of Lloyd Gough; actor (Mike Axford - Green Hornet).
- 1918 - Birth of Rand Brooks in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Corporal Boone - Rin Tin Tin).
- 1930 - Birth of Dawn Addams in Felixstown, England; actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens).
- 1931 - Birth of Larry Hagman in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR Ewing - Dallas).
- 1935 - Birth of Henry Gibson in Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet).
- 1940 - Birth of Bill Kurtis in Pensacola, Florida, USA; newscaster (The American Parade).
- 1944 - Birth of Fannie Flagg in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actress/comediene (Candid Camera).
- 1953 - Birth of John Mengatti in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Nick - White Shadow, For Love and Honor).
- 1959 - Birth of David Coulier in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Joey Gladstone - Full House).
- 1968 - Birth of Ricki Lake; actress (Hairspray).
- 1971 - Birth of Alfonso Ribeiro in New York City; actor/pianist (Alfonso - Silver Spoons).
Deaths on September 21
- 1974 - Death of Walter Brennan at age 80 of emphysema; character actor (three supporting actor Oscars, The Real McCoys, The Tycoon, The Guns of Will Sonnett, "Old Rivers", "Dutchman's Gold").
- 1979 - John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at age 73.
- 2022 - Death of John Hamblin at age 87; Australian TV host (Play School).
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