Henry Franklin Winkler was born in New York City.
Henry Winkler rose to fame as the greaser mechanic The Fonz on Happy Days
during the 1970s on ABC. He has since had multiple roles in film and television.
Winkler made his acting debut in his 8th grade school production of Billy Budd,
after which he earned his bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in 1967 and
graduated from Yale School of Drama in 1970.
Henry Winkler and Ron Howard
Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an
anthology television series under several different titles since 1954.
The original version of the series premiered on ABC on Wednesday, October
27, 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television
networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus from 1984 until
1985. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991
until 1997, the series aired infrequently and had only two hosts, Walt Disney
and Disney Chairman Michael Eisner. It is the second longest running prime-
time program on American television, behind rival film anthology, the Hallmark
Hall of Fame.
Film trade headline for January 11, 1954.
Walt Disney behind the camera.
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President George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act, Anti-Terrorism Legislation, in the East Room on this day in 2001.
U.S. National security adviser Henry Kissinger declared, "Peace is at
hand" in Vietnam on this day in 1972.
The "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place in Tombstone, AZ. on this day in
1881. The fight was between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday
and the Ike Clanton Gang.
Robert Guillaume (Robert Peter Williams)
(November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017)
(AP) – Robert Guillaume, known for his Emmy, Tony and Grammy-
winning work, as well as TV sitcoms "Soap" and "Benson," has died.
According to his widow, Donna Brown Guillaume, the St. Louis-born
performer died at home Tuesday in Los Angeles. He had been battling
prostate cancer.
Among Guillaume’s achievements was playing Nathan Detroit in the
first all-black version of "Guys and Dolls," earning a Tony nomination
in 1977. He became the first African-American to sing the title role of
"Phantom of the Opera," appearing with an all-white cast in Los
Angeles.
Fans may also know him as the voice of Rafiki in Disney’s "The Lion
King," for which he won a Grammy award for spoken-word recording
in 1995.
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The United Nations (UN) was formally established on this day in 1945. less
than a month after the end of World War II. The Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a
majority of other signatories.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) vowed to end the Korean War
on this day in 1952.
D .C . Sniper Suspects Arrested on this day in 2002.
In London on this day in 2003, the last commercial supersonic
Concorde flight landed.
The Crew marks Concorde’s final supersonic trip.
On this day in 2005.
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
(February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005)
Rosa Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement,
whom the United States Congress called "the first lady
of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991)
