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FINAL SHOW AIRED ON THIS DATE IN 1971

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The Ed Sullivan Show was TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from
Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan (above). It is one of the few entertainment
shows to have been run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for
more than two decades. Virtually every type of entertainment from opera singers
to circus acts appeared on the show. The format was essentially the same as
vaudeville.

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Ed Sullivan with The Beatles

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Ed Sullivan backstage with Elvis Presley

a really big show

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ROY HAD THE #1 SONG ON THIS DATE IN 1961

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ROSE FESTIVAL ~ AROUND 1950

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Radio Cab’s float entry

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ROBERT KENNEDY WAS SHOT ON THIS DATE IN 1968

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Robert F. Kennedy’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery

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WILLIAM BOYD (JUNE 5, 1895–SEPT. 12, 1972)

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Film actor William Lawrence Boyd is best known for portraying cowboy hero
Hopalong Cassidy (above).

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