November 27: This Day in TV History

[Stanislav]

Just a few random TV related events that happened on November 27. Discuss or comment as you please……

1945: Actress Barbara Anderson (Ironside) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1948: Actor James Avery (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) is born in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1952: KTBC (channel 7) signs on in Austin, Texas.

1955: KTHV (channel 11) begins operating in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1955: Bill Nye “The Science Guy” is born in Washington, D.C.

1964: Actress Robin Givens (Head of the Class) is born in New York City.

1976: Actor Jaleel White (Family Matters) is born in Pasadena, California.

1980: Bosom Buddies debuts on ABC.

1990: Actor David White (Bewitched) dies of a heart attack in North Hollywood, California, aged 74. Friends say he was never the same after his son Jonathan, 33, was killed in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

1992: 10 employees of Venezuelan TV station VTV are killed when the station is attacked during an attempted military coup.

(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…..)

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

1964: Actress Robin Givens (Head of the Class) is born in New York City.

Don't forget that she was briefly Mrs. Mike Tyson from 1988-89, during "Head of the Class"'s run.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

1954: Actress Kimmy Robertson ("Twin Peaks") is born in Hollywood, CA.

 

[davalvideo]

Also on this day, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers his first speech to a joint session of congress following the death of President John F. Kennedy. The address at 12:30pm is carried live on all three networks. When Johnson watched the speech later that day, he insists to aides that from then on, there be a camera positioned so viewers can see a close-up, frontal shot of him. Up until then, cameras were stationed on both sides of the podium( at great distances), and at a somewhat downward angle.