Television History
1956 - CBS replayed the program "Douglas Edward and the News" three hours after it was received on the West Coast. It was the world's first broadcast via videotape.
1971 - ABC-TV aired "Brian's Song." The movie was about Chicago Bears' Brian Picolo and his friendship with Gale Sayers.
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1929 - Dick Clark was born in Mount Vernon, NY.
1960 - The Chimes performed "Once in a While" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - Chubby Checker performed "Loddy Lo" on "American Bandstand."
1968 - Merilee Rush performed "Reach Out" on "American Bandstand."
1974 - Lattimore performed "Let's Straighten It Out" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1948 - "Junior Jamboree" began airing as "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" in Chicago, IL.
1993 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the Killer Kiss" aired.
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1960 - Dion performed "Lonely Teenager" and "Little Miss Blue" on "American Bandstand."
1962 - Mel Torme performed "Comin' Home Baby" on "American Bandstand."
1969 - Thomas & Richard Frost performed "She's Got Love" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1966 - The 200th episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" aired.
1997 - The final episode of "Beavis and Butt-head" aired on MTV.
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1958 - Bobby Helms performed "The Fool and the Angel" and "Jingle Bell Rock" on "American Bandstand."
1960 - Bobby Vee performed "Rubber Ball" on "American Bandstand."
1960 - Ferrante & Teicher performed "Exodus" on "American Bandstand."
1961 - Johnny Tillotson performed "Dreamy Eyes" on "American Bandstand."
1962 - Johnny Tillotson performed "I Can't Help It" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" on "American Bandstand."
1964 - Chad & Jeremy performed "Willow Weep for Me" and "A Summer Song" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1980 - The 200th episode of "The Waltons" aired.
1980 - The series "Bosom Buddies" debuted on ABC.
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1957 - Bill Haley & the Comets performed "You Hit the Wrong Note, Billygoat" on "American Bandstand."
1965 - Ronnie Dove performed "Kiss Away" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1989 - America's Funniest Home Videos aired as a special. The show debuted as a regular weekly series on January 14, 1990.
1999 - 98 Degrees performed several songs and sold some exclusive band merchandise on the Home Shopping Network.
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1959 - The Coasters performed "What About Us" on "American Bandstand."
1962 - Paul Peterson performed "My Dad" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1965 - The first color broadcast of an NFL game aired on CBS. The Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts played to a 24-24 tie.
1998 - The final episode of "Babylon 5" aired.
1998 - The first episode of "Powerpuff Girls" aired.
2009 - The 100th episode of "Criminal Minds" aired.
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1967 - Paul Revere & the Raiders performed "Peace of Mind" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1972 - The first episode of ABC-TV's "In Concert" was aired. Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley and Seals & Croft appeared in the first episode. It was recorded September 21.
1981 - The first episode of "Simon & Simon" aired on CBS.
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1959 - Tommy Edwards performed "Honestly and Truly" and "The Ways of Love" on "American Bandstand."
1984 - Ollie & Jerry performed "Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us" and "Electric Boogaloo" on "American Bandstand."
1984 - The Hall & Oats video for "Out of Touch" was aired on "American Bandstand."
1984 - Jack Wagner performed "All I Need" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1958 - The radio drama "Have Gun Will Travel" debuted. The show began after the end of the TV show of the same name.
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1962 - Bobby Vinton performed "Troubles Is My Middle Name" and "Let's Kiss and Make Up" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - April & Nino performed "Deep Purple" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - Dick & DeeDee performed "Turn Around" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - Trini Lopez performed "Kansas City" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1988 - The 100th episode of "Who's the Boss?" aired on ABC.
2005 - Ted Koppel appeared on "Nightline" for the last time.
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1957 - Tom & Jerry (Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel) performed "Hey Schoolgirl" on "American Bandstand."
1960 - Conway Twitty performed "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "C'est Si Bon" on "American Bandstand."
1969 - The Turtles performed "Love in the City" and "Lady-O" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1980 - CBS aired the "who shot J.R.?" episode of "Dallas."
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1960 - Neil Sedaka performed "Calendar Girl" on "American Bandstand."
1961 - The Impressions (with Curtis Mayfield) performed "Gypsy Woman" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1968 - The 100th episode of "Green Acres" aired.
1980 - The 200th episode of "M*A*S*H" aired on CBS.
2002 - CBS aired the Victoria's Secret show entitled "Christmas Dreams & Fantasies 2002."
2002 - The German film "Goebbels and Geduldig" aired on national television in Germany. It was the first Germany made satirical film on the Nazis.
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1961 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry performed "On Bended Knees" on "American Bandstand."
1965 - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles performed "My Girl Has Gone" on "American Bandstand."
1971 - Coven performed "One Tin Soldier (Legend of Billy Jack)" on "American Bandstand."
1982 - Steel Breeze performed "You Don't Want Me Anymore" on "American Bandstand."
1982 - Sylvia performed "Nobody" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1989 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the All-Star Assassin" aired.
1999 - The 100th episode of "ER" aired on NBC.
2008 - The 100th episode of "C.S.I.: NY" aired.
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1958 - Duane Eddy performed "Cannonball" on "American Bandstand."
1962 - Tommy Boyce performed "I'll Remember Carol" on "American Bandstand."
2002 - Dick Clark, JC Chasez (N' Sync) and Toni Braxton announced the nominees for the 30th annual American Music Awards.
Television History
1992 - The 100th episode of "In the Heat of the Night" aired.
1998 - The 100th episode of "Party of Five" aired on FOX.
1998 - The 100th episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" aired.
2001 - ABC aired Britney Spears' first TV concert, "Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas."
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1960 - Mark Dinning performed "The Lovin' Touch" on "American Bandstand."
1967 - Strawberry Alarm Clock performed "Tomorrow" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1968 - NBC-TV cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, "Heidi," on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32.
American Bandstand History
1984 - Sheena Easton performed "Strut" and "Hard to Say It's Over" on "American Bandstand."
1984 - The Pat Benatar video for "We Belong" was aired on "American Bandstand."
1984 - Sam Harris performed "Sugar Don't Bite" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1968 - The 100th episode of "Hogan's Heroes" aired.
1997 - The 100th episode of "X-Files" aired on FOX.
American Bandstand History
1962 - Tommy Roe performed "Susie Darlin'" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - Bobby Bare performed "500 Miles Away from Home" on "American Bandstand."
1968 - Avant-Garde performed "Naturally Stoned" on "American Bandstand."
1974 - Carl Carlton performed "Everlasting Love" on "American Bandstand."
1974 - Bobby Vinton performed "My Melody of Love" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1985 - The 200th episode of "Dallas" aired on CBS.
1987 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel" aired.
1996 - The reunion movie "Dallas: J.R. Returns" aired on CBS.
1999 - The 50th episode of "Ally McBeal" aired.
American Bandstand History
1969 - The Cufflinks performed "Tracey" and "When Julie Come Around" on "American Bandstand."
1969 - Dorothy Morrison performed "All God's Children Got Soul" on "American Bandstand."
1975 - ABBA performed "S.O.S." on "American Bandstand."
1975 - David Ruffin performed " Walk Away From Love" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1996 - "Dennis Rodman's World Tour '96" debuted on MTV.
American Bandstand History
1957 - Joni James performed "Summer Love" on "American Bandstand."
1966 - Count Five performed "Psychotic Reaction" on "American Bandstand."
1966 - Fantastic Johnny C performed "Boogaloo Down Broadway" on "American Bandstand."
1977 - Dorothy Moore performed "I Believe You" on "American Bandstand."
1983 - The Michael Stanley Band performed "My Town" and "Hard Times" on "American Bandstand."
1983 - Midnight Star performed "Wet My Whistle" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1952 - The first video recorder was demonstrated by John Mullin and Wayne Johnson in Beverly Hills, CA.
1984 - Gary Coleman, at age 13, underwent his second kidney transplant in Los Angeles. He had his first transplant at age 5.
2001 - ABC-TV aired the "I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary" special. The show featured never before seen footage.
2010 - Gene Shalit left "The Today Show" after more than 40 years on the show.
American Bandstand History
1960 - Santo & Johnny performed "Twistin' Bells" on "American Bandstand."
1967 - Van Morrison performed "Brown Eyed Girl" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1969 - "Sesame Street" made its debut on PBS.
1980 - CBS News anchor Dan Rather claimed he had been kidnapped in a cab. It turned out that Rather had refused to pay the cab fare.
1999 - Ted Danson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
American Bandstand History
1958 - The Four Aces performed "The World Outside" on "American Bandstand."
1959 - Fats Domino performed "Be My Guest" and "I've Been Around" on "American Bandstand."
1973 - Steely Dan performed "My Old School" on "American Bandstand."
1984 - Tommy Shaw performed "Girls with Guns" and "Lonely School" on "American Bandstand."
1984 - The Maria Vidal video for "Body Rock" was aired on "American Bandstand."
1984 - Dwight Twilley performed "Why You Wanna Break My Heart" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1973 - Cat Stevens made his national TV debut on ABC's "In Concert."
1975 - David Bowie appeared on Cher's CBS TV show.
1986 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the Shooting Star" aired.
1994 - The "Perry Mason Mystery" TV movie "The Case of the Grimacing Governor" aired.
1998 - PBS aired its documentary special "Chihuly Over Venice."
American Bandstand History
1959 - Annette (Funicello) performed "First Name, Initial" and "My Heart Became of Age" on "American Bandstand."
1960 - Duane Eddy performed "Pepe" on "American Bandstand."
1960 - Joni James performed "My Last Date (With You)" on "American Bandstand."
1962 - Dion performed "Love Came to Me" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - Gene Pitney performed "24 Hours from Tulsa" on "American Bandstand."
1968 - Andy Kim performed "Shoot 'em Up Baby" and "Rainbow Ride" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1965 - The soap opera "Days of Our Lives" debuted on NBC-TV.
1972 - The premium cable TV network HBO (Home Box Office) made its debut. The first movie shown was "Sometimes a Great Notion."
1979 - The program, "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage", premiered on ABC-TV. The show was planned to be temporary, but it evolved into "Nightline" in March of 1980.
1989 - The 100th episode of "Growing Pains" aired on ABC.
1991 - Magic Johnson appeared on "The Arsenio Hall Show." It was his first appearance after announcing that he was HIV positive.
2010 - "Conan" premiered on TBS.
American Bandstand History
1957 - Chuck Berry performed "Rock 'n' Roll Music" on "American Bandstand."
1969 - Cass Elliot performed "It's Getting Better" and "Make Your Own Kind of Music" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1965 - The Rolling Stones, Strangeloves and Fontella Bass appeared on "Shindig!"
1967 - Phil Donahue began a TV talk show in Dayton, OH. The show, "Donahue," was on the air for 29 years.
2001 - The TV show "24" aired for the first time.
2004 - The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh re-opened. One of the main attractions was the expanded 'Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.'
American Bandstand History
1957 - Jerry Reed appeared on "American Bandstand."
1959 - Freddy Cannon performed "Okeee-fun-okee" and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" on "American Bandstand."
1965 - The Sunrays performed "I Live For The Sun" on "American Bandstand."
1976 - The Sylvers performed "Hot Line" on "American Bandstand."
1976 - Rick Springfield performed "Take a Hand" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1911 - Roy Rogers was born.
1986 - Dick Clark registered for an initial public stock offering for his TV production company (DCP). The product listed on the registration form was called 'mind candy.'
American Bandstand History
1957 - The Sparkletones performed "Black Slacks" on "American Bandstand."
1958 - Earl Grant performed "The End" on "American Bandstand."
1986 - Dick Clark registered for an initial public stock offering for his TV production company (DCP). The product listed on the registration form was called 'mind candy.'
1983 - The Mary Jane Girls performed "All Night Long" and "Candy Man" on "American Bandstand."
1983 - Dave Davies performed "Love Gets You" on "American Bandstand."
1983 - The Fixx video for "One Thing Leads to Another" was aired on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1972 - The Jackson Five appeared on "Soul Train."
1997 - The 100th episode of "Frasier" aired on NBC.
2010 - The five members of the Backstreet Boys performed on "Oprah." It was the first time all five had performed together since 2006.
American Bandstand History
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis performed "Great Balls of Fire" on "American Bandstand."
1967 - Don & the Goodtimes performed "Happy and Me" on "American Bandstand."
1972 - Bobby Womack performed "Sweet Caroline" and "Harry Hippie" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1975 - "Good Morning America" premiered on ABC-TV.
1978 - The first episode of "Different Strokes" was aired on NBC.
1993 - The first episode of "The Nanny" was aired by CBS.
American Bandstand History
1960 - Johnny Burnette performed "You're 16" on "American Bandstand."
1973 - Tavares performed "Check It Out" on "American Bandstand."
1984 - Matthew Wilder performed "Bouncin' Off the Walls" on "American Bandstand."
1984 - The Core Hart video for "It Ain't Enough" was aired on "American Bandstand."
1984 - Honeymoon Suite performed "New Girl Now" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1959 - Charles Van Doren, a game show contestant on the NBC-TV program "Twenty-One" admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
1963 - Dion stormed out of a taping of the English TV show "Ready Steady Go!" He complained that the go-go dancers were distracting him from his performance.
1985 - The South African government imposed severe restrictions on television, radio and newspaper coverage of unrest by both local and foreign journalists.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton gave his first in-depth interview since the White House sex scandal to Black Entertainment Television talk show host and political commentator Tavis Smiley on the network's "BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley."
1998 - CBS debuted the television series "Becker."
1999 - The 100th episode of "3rd Rock from the Sun" aired on NBC.
American Bandstand History
1960 - Damito Jo performed "I Will Save the Last Dance for You" on "American Bandstand."
1962 - Chubby Checker performed "Limbo Rock" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - Wayne Newton performed "Shirl Girl" on "American Bandstand."
1963 - Dale & Grace performed "I'm Leaving It Up to You" on "American Bandstand."
1968 - The Grass Roots performed "Bella Linda" on "American Bandstand."
1974 - The Spinners performed "You Don't Love Nobody" on "American Bandstand."
Television History
1964 - The Dave Clark Five performed "Glad All Over" on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1976 - The 100th episode of "Maude" aired.
1994 - Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged" performance was released as "MTV Unplugged in New York."
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1957 - The Four Esquires performed "Love Me Forever" on "American Bandstand."
1960 - Jerry Butler performed "He Will Break Your Heart" on "American Bandstand."
1969 - Joe South performed "Games People Play" and "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home" on "American Bandstand."
1969 - Andy Kim performed "So Good Together" on "American Bandstand."
