The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a spy-fiction television series produced by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. It follows
secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn (center and David McCallum 
(left), who work for a secret international counter-espionage and law-
enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. The series premiered in 1964 and discontinued its run on January 15, 1968. It led the spy-fiction craze on
television, and by 1966 there were nearly a dozen imitators.

David Keith McCallum, Jr. turned 84 on September 19.

ED DONAHUE

The Battle of Saratoga was won by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War on this day in 1777.

A picture from the Police Gazette, showing a dying
President Garfield being comforted by his wife
Lucretia on this day in 1881.

On this day in 1934.

Bruno Richard Hauptmann (1899-1936) arrested as
a suspect in the Lindbergh kidnapping.

Charles Lindbergh Jr.

On this day in 1995.          

Theodore John Kaczynski turned 75 in May.

The CBS sitcom debuted on this day in 1970 and ran
till March 19, 1977.  It is one of the most acclaimed TV
programs in US television history. It received high
praise from critics during its run, including Emmy
Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series three years
in a row (1975–77), and continued to be honored long
after the final episode aired. In 2013, the Writers Guild
of America ranked The Mary Tyler Moore Show No. 6
in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time

Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017)

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.

CARLATA BRADLEY

It was on this day in 1971.

On this day in 1976.

Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show
"Toast of the Town” on this day in 1956. He was shot from just
the waist up during the performance. Elvis would make a total
of three appearances on the CBS-TV show.
 

Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967)

Singer/songwriter Otis Redding was born on this day in 1941. His hit "(Sitting on)
The Dock of the Bay" was recorded three days before he was killed in a plane
crash in 1967.

He sang for the Macon radio station WIBB every Sunday for six dollars. He had
his own band called Otis and the Shooters. Otis Redding is considered the King
of Soul and influenced many groups, such as The Beatles, The Doors, and Led
Zeppelin.

 Otis Redding memorial statue in Macon, GA.

TIM MAGUIRE

President Gerald Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon on this day in 1974.   

It began on this day in 1941.

The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then
renamed it New York on this day in 1664. 

NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap"
on this day in 1966. The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.

Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar
(September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014)

The comedy team of Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.