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What happened in history on this day: September 23?
On September 23 in ...
- 1952 - First US closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event: the Rocky Marciano versus Jersey Joe Walcott fight, in 49 theaters in 31 cities. Rocky Marciano knocks out the heavyweight champion in the 13th round.
- 1961 - First movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire.
- 1962 - ABC-TV debuts the cartoon show The Jetsons, the first program on the network to be carried in color.
- 1968 - CBS-TV begins airing the Here's Lucy TV show.
- 1969 - The ABC TV network airs the first Marcus Welby, M.D. 60-minute medical drama TV show in the USA.
- 1976 - NBC begins airing the Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show.
- 1977 - Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on TV show Charlie's Angels.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network debuts the Disney-produced series Hull High.
- 1990 - PBS begins an 11-hour miniseries on The US Civil War.
- 1990 - The Disney Channel begins airing the series The Magical World of Disney.
- 1992 - NBC debuts the first episode of TV show Mad About You.
- 1998 - Movie star Jamie Lee Curtis, who had been featured in two TV series, "Anything But Love" and "Operation Petticoat", receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2002 - CBS begins airing the TV show CSI: Miami.
- 2003 - CBS debuts TV series NCIS.
- 2007 - PBS begins airing the 7-part, 15-hour TV series The War.
Births on September 23
- 1920 - Birth of Mickey Rooney in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Bill, Andy Hardy, Sugar Babies, Black Stallion, One of the Boys).
- 1938 - Birth of Romy Schneider in Vienna, Austria; actress (Bloodline, Death Watch).
- 1945 - Birth of Paul Petersen in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Jeff Stone - The Donna Reed Show).
- 1946 - Birth of Anne Wheeler; Canadian director (This is Wonderland, DaVinci's Inquest).
- 1947 - Birth of Mary Kay Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!, West Wing).
- 1955 - Birth of Patti Weaver in West Virginia, USA; actress (Days of Our Lives, Gina - The Young and the Restless).
- 1956 - Birth of Maren Jensen in Arcadia, California, USA; actress (Athena - Battlestar Galactica).
- 1959 - Birth of Jason Alexander; actor (Seinfeld).
- 1961 - Birth of Elizabeth Peña in Havana, Cuba; actress (La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder).
- 1961 - Birth of Chi McBride; actor (Boston Public, The Nine).
- 1962 - Birth of Elizabeth Pena; actress (Maya and Miguel, I Married Dora).
- 1964 - Birth of Erik Todd Dellums; actor (Homicide, The Wire).
- 1966 - Birth of LisaRaye; actress (All of Us).
- 1980 - Birth of Aubrey Dollar; actress (Women's Murder Club, Point Pleasant).
Deaths on September 23
- 1956 - Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at age 75.
- 1972 - Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar - Mama), dies at age 63.
- 1981 - Death of Chief Dan George at age 82 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Old Antoine - Cariboo Country TV show (1961), Ecstacy of Rita Joe movie (1967), Little Big Man movie (1970, Oscar award), Harry and Tonto movie (1974), The Outlaw Josey Wales movie (1976), Old Sioux - Centennial TV miniseries (1978)).
- 1998 - Death of Mary Frann at age 55 of apparent heart failure at her home in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actress (Newhart).
- 2022 - Death of Louise Fletcher at age 88 at home in Montdurausse, France; actor (Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest movie, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV show, Shameless, Best Actress Oscar award).
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