1970

Melissa Ellen Gilbert starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on
the NBC series Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983).

 
   
                   Jeanne Cooper (Wilma Jeanne Cooper)  

                       (October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013) 
 

Cooper is best known for her Emmy Award winning role as Katherine
Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
(1973-2013). She was one of the longest-serving serial television
actors in America. Cooper became ill due to an infection shortly
after a round of promotion for the 40th anniversary of The Young
and the Restless. 

Donald Jay "Don" Rickles enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War
ll after graduating high school. He was honorably discharged and 
went on to become a stand up comic.

 
Mr. “ROCK ’N’ ROLL” Alan Freed on the set of The Big Beat TV show

In 1957, Alan Freed was given a weekly prime-time TV series, The Big Beat, which 
predated American Bandstand, on ABC. It was scheduled for a Summer run, with
the understanding that if there were enough viewers, the show would continue into
the 1957-58 television season. It was suddenly canceled after the fourth episode
when Frankie Lymon, of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, was seen dancing
with a white girl from the studio audience after performing his number. The incident reportedly offended the management of ABC’s local affiliates in the southern states,
and led to the show’s immediate cancellation despite its growing popularity and
strong ratings.

Frankie Lymon (seated) and the Teenagers

This was the group’s third and final #1 hit. It remained on top for three weeks.