The Roger Miller Show is a music variety television show hosted by
Roger Miller. The NBC program aired on Monday nights from 8:30–9
p.m. ET from September 12– December 26, 1966. The house band was
the Eddie Karam Orchestra.

Roger Dean Miller, Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992)

Miller was a lifelong cigarette smoker.  He died of lung and throat cancer
in 1992, at age 56, shortly after the discovery of a malignant tumor under
his vocal cords. His remains were cremated.

The situation comedy The Monkees aired on the NBC television network 
from September 12, 1966 to March 25, 1968. The series was sponsored
on alternate weeks by Kellogg’s Cereals and Yardley of London. The
Monkees won two Emmy Awards in 1967: Outstanding Comedy Series
and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy (James Frawley).

Saying goodbye to Michael Nesmith at the Hollywood Pantages Theater in Los
Angeles, CA. Nesmith played with Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, the two other
surviving members, on the same stage for the very last time as The Monkees.

ED DANAHUE

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
 
On this day in 2001.
   

On this day in 1943 during World War II, Benito Mussolini (center) 
was taken by German paratroopers from the Italian government
that was holding him.

On this day in 1953, U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy married
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died at the age
of 30 on this day in 1977. The student leader died while in police
custody which triggered an international outcry.

Mourners surround Biko’s coffin in his home in the black township
of Ginsberg, South Africa.

John R. Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)