Just a few random TV related events that happened on February 23. Discuss or comment as you please……
1932: Actress Majel Barrett (Star Trek, et. al.) is born (as Majel Leigh Hudec) in Cleveland, Ohio.
1949: WHIO-TV (channel 13, later channel 7) signs on in Dayton, Ohio.
1951: Actress Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) is born in Bethesda, Maryland.
1959: KVIE (channel 6) begins operating in Sacramento, California.
1961: Actor Trent Lehman (Nanny and the Professor) is born in Los Angeles. Another tragic child star: at the age of 20, he would commit suicide by hanging himself on a chain link fence outside the elementary school that he had attended in childhood.
1966: Television comes to Greece as ERT begins regular telecasts.
1967: Washington Week in Review premieres on NET.
1967: The Beatles’ promotional films (proto-music videos) for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" are broadcast on ABC’s American Bandstand.
2003: Oz airs its last original episode on HBO.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)
1932: Actress Majel Barrett (Star Trek, et. al.) is born (as Majel Leigh Hudec) in Cleveland, Ohio.
1949: WHIO-TV (channel 13, later channel 7) signs on in Dayton, Ohio.
1951: Actress Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) is born in Bethesda, Maryland.
1959: KVIE (channel 6) begins operating in Sacramento, California.
1961: Actor Trent Lehman (Nanny and the Professor) is born in Los Angeles. Another tragic child star: at the age of 20, he would commit suicide by hanging himself on a chain link fence outside the elementary school that he had attended in childhood.
1966: Television comes to Greece as ERT begins regular telecasts.
1967: Washington Week in Review premieres on NET.
1967: The Beatles’ promotional films (proto-music videos) for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" are broadcast on ABC’s American Bandstand.
2003: Oz airs its last original episode on HBO.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)