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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Jerry Lee Lewis, often viewed as "rock & roll’s first great wild man",
is 78 today

“The Killer” on the Dick Clark Saturday night Beechnut Show

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LONG-RUNNING SERIES AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1960

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My Three Sons is an American situation comedy. The series ran until 1965
on
ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on August 24, 1972. It has been
called a cornerstone of the ABC and
CBS lineups in the 1960s. With
380 episodes a season), it is second
 only to The Adventures of Ozzie
and
Harriet as television’s longest running (live-action) sitcom.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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Andy Kim (Andrew Youakim) will be 67 in December

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MEDICAL DRAMA DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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Dr. Kildare was an NBC television series which ran until April 5, 1966 for a total 
of 190 episodes in five seasons. The show premiered at the same time as an 
ABC medical drama, Ben Casey. Kildare told the story of a young intern, Dr. 
James Kildare played by Richard Chamberlain.

George Richard Chamberlain is 79 (Mar. 31, 1934)

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TV SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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Hazel
is a sitcom that aired for five-seasons, with 154-episodes in primetime 
until April 11, 1966. It was produced by Screen Gems and aired on NBC for its
first four seasons (in black-and-white for all but one episode of the first season,
and in color for the next three), then in color on CBS for its final season.The
show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted
Key (below) which appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post. 

 

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Ted Key

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