ED DONAHUE
From left: Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler signing the Pact of Steel.
President Richard M. Nixon (left) shakes hands with
Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev on this
day in 1972.
It was on this day in 1992.
The musical variety show The Lawrence Welk Show, hosted by big band
leader Lawrence Welk, aired locally in Los Angeles for four years, from
1951 to 1955, then nationally for another 27½ years via the ABC network,
from 1955 to 1971. The series then moved to syndication until 1982.
Original air dates on the Blue Network: January 7, 1941 to October
5, 1952
The anthology radio series Inner Sanctum was created by producer
Himan Brown and was based on the generic title given to the mystery
novels of Simon and Schuster. A total of 526 episodes were broadcast
featuring stories of mystery, terror and suspense.
Ed Danahue
