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What happened in history on this day: September 26?
On September 26 in ...
- 1961 - NBC premieres The Dick Powell Theatre 60-minute anthology TV show.
- 1968 - The CBS TV network airs the first Hawaii Five-O 60-minute crime drama TV show in the USA.
- 1969 - CBS begins airing the Get Smart 30-minute TV show.
- 1969 - ABC-TV debuts The Brady Bunch TV show.
- 1981 - Disney's weekly TV show moves to CBS, making it the first prime-time series to have appeared on all three major networks. The show is renamed Walt Disney, airing on Saturdays from 8:00 to 9:00.
- 1982 - NBC TV airs the first episode of TV show Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhoff.
- 1986 - Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas TV show, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season).
- 1986 - Paramount releases the film Crocodile Dundee to theaters.
- 1986 - The syndicated TV show Today's Business premieres. The early-morning show airs on 133 stations.
- 1986 - The ABC TV network debuts the Disney-produced Sidekicks show.
- 1987 - The first episode of US TV show Jake and the Fatman airs.
- 1997 - The ABC TV network begins airing the Teen Angel show.
- 1997 - The ABC TV network debuts the series You Wish.
Births on September 26
- 1895 - Birth of Fay Holden in Birmingham, England; actress (Mother - Andy Hardy films).
- 1901 - Birth of Donald Cook in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Too Young To Go Steady).
- 1907 - Birth of Ralph Michael in London, England; actor (Quest, Doctor in the House).
- 1919 - Birth of Barbara Britton in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Young and Willing).
- 1926 - Birth of Julie London in Santa Rosa, California, USA; actress (Nurse McCall - Emergency).
- 1927 - Birth of Patrick O'Neal in Ocala, Florida, USA; actor (Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat).
- 1930 - Birth of Philip Bosco in Jersey City, Jersey, USA; actor (Trading Places).
- 1933 - Birth of Donna Douglas [Dot Smith] in Pride, Louisiana, USA; actress (Beverly Hillbillies).
- 1942 - Birth of Kent McCord in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Officer Jim Reed - Adam 12).
- 1946 - Birth of Mary Beth Hurt in Iowa, USA; actress (Garp, Change of Seasons).
- 1947 - Birth of Graham Faulkner in London, England; actor (Brother Sun Sister Moon).
- 1952 - Birth of James Keane in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Willis Bell - Paper Chase).
- 1956 - Birth of Linda Hamilton in Salisbury, Maryland, USA; actress (Catherine - Beauty and the Beast).
- 1962 - Birth of Melissa Sue Anderson in California, USA; actress (Little House on the Prairie).
- 1963 - Birth of Lysette Anthony in London, England; actress (Angelique - Dark Shadows, Switch).
- 1964 - Birth of Ty Miller in Granada Hills, California, USA; actor (The Kid - The Young Riders).
- 1967 - Birth of Martha Nix in Orange County, California, USA; actress (Serena - The Waltons).
Deaths on September 26
- 1964 - Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter - One Man's Family), dies at age 79.
- 1972 - Charles Correll, actor (Calvin and the Colonel), dies at age 82.
- 2016 - Death of Herschell Gordon Lewis, American film director and screenwriter (born 1929).
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