The Beach Boys appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show to
perform their #1 hit “I Get Around” and “Wendy”.

After "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" was canceled following the breakup of the 
couples marriage, Sonny Bono hosted his own variety show. He brought with him
the same writers, same producers, and cast from the previous show. Unfortunately,
it just didn’t work without Cher. The comedy show lasted just 13 weeks before it was 
canceled.

Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000)

Television host and announcer Durward Kirby is best remembered
for The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and Candid Camera, which
he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966.

Dominick George "Don" Pardo (February 22, 1918 – August 18, 2014)

Longtime NBC announcer Don Pardo, best known as the often-heard,
rarely-seen constant during 38 seasons of constant change at "Saturday
Night Live," died late Monday.

Pardo’s daughter, Donna, told the Associated Press her father passed
away at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He had moved to Arizona in 2006.

Italy’s leading male vocalist, Domenico Modugno, hit the top of the
Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Volare" (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu). The
song would become the year’s best selling record and win three
Grammy Awards.
 

Appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show

Domenico Modugno (January 9, 1928-August 6, 1994) 

Mondugno died, at the age of 66, from a heart attack on the island of Lampedusa
(Sicily, Italy), while he was in his home by the sea.