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1912 -- Henry Jones is born in Philadelphia. After
graduating from St. Joseph's College, Henry quickly
found success on Broadway. Although winning the 1958
Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor as
FDR's advisor in 'Sunrise at Campobello,' in many ways
his stage career culminated with 'The Bad Seed' in the
role of Leroy, a lurking caretaker who meets his match at
the evil hands of a pigtailed eight-year-old named Rhoda.
It was when Henry reprised his role in the film version of
'Bad Seed' that Hollywood began calling early and often.
With his everyman looks and a face that seemed as
comfortable with a sneer as a smile, his roles included
that of the coldly officious coroner in 'Vertigo,' one of the
befuddled councilmen in James Garner's hilarious
'Support Your Local Sheriff' ('I thought we was pioneers!')
and as the town drunk in the original '3:10 to Yuma.'
On television, Henry had starring roles in 'Channing,' 'The
Girl with Something Extra' and, most noticeably, as Cloris
Leachman's father-in-law (who in turn still struggled with
his mother-in-law) in 'Phyllis.'
And in one of more than a hundred of guest
appearances, one of his best was as a taxidermist who
finds a unique solution to the problem of a loafing in-law.
    Henry's last performance was filmed at the age of 83.
He died May 17, 1999, following a fall. He was 86 years
old.










1922 -- Arthur Hill is born in Saskatchewan, Canada. The
son of a lawyer, maybe it's no coincidence that Arthur's
best-known role was that of 'Owen Marshall, Attorney at
Law.' Although not quite 50 at the time, the role helped
establish one of Arthur's strengths: he always 'played
older,' in that his characters seemed to know more, to
have more integrity than others around him, and so
became a man that you wanted to trust.
(This was true even in 'The Andromeda Strain,' when a
team of scientists race against the clock to defeat a
space-borne microbe.)
Sadly, Arthur lost his last battle, that against Alzheimer's
Disease. His last two appearances were both on 'Murder,
She Wrote,' in 1990. Arthur died October 22, 2006.

         










(Doctors estimate that every 70 seconds someone is
diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Find out more, and find
out how you can help, by visiting the Alzheimer's
Association at alz.org.)


1960 -- Chubby Checker's 'The Twist' is released,
inspiring one of the top dance crazes of the century.
Outdistancing even the Lindy . . . Okay, so the race
wasn't all that close . . .

1960 -- An East German newspaper names what it
considers Public Enemy #1. The culprit?












Yep -- Elvis was Public Enemy #1 (maybe they
misunderstood the whole 'Memphis Mafia' thing.)


1971 -- CBS launches 'The Sonny and Cher Comedy
Hour' for a summer series. The show is so well-received
that it continues for three full seasons, becoming one of
the few (if not only) TV series ended not because of
failing ratings but by a failed marriage.













1979 -- CBS airs the last episode of "Good Times."


1981 -- MTV (Music Television) makes its American
debut at 12:01 a.m.  The first video aired was 'Video
Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles.












1984 -- Jermaine Jackson makes a guest appearance on
CBS soap 'As the World Turns.' And we always thought
Tito would be the breakout star . . .

           
1992 -- NBC's 'Saturday Today' premieres.


1995 -- Westinghouse makes a deal to Buy the Eye
(CBS) for $5.4 billion.
Martha Quinn (L),
Nina Blackwood,
Mark Goodman,
Alan Hunter and
the late J.J.
Jackson were the
first Veejays on
MTV.