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1913 -- Ellen (Hansen) Corby is born in Racine, Wisconsin. Although her big-screen work is limited, she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role in 1948's 'I Remember Mama,' she is best-remembered as the grandmother on 'The Waltons,' a role for which she won 3 Emmys and 6 nominations. Despite the wholesomeness of that role, Ellen memorably played the head of a car-theft ring that swings through Mayberry on 'The Andy Griffith Show' ('Don't look back, Miz Lesh!') and as Pretty Boy's mom in the '74 telefilm 'The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd.' The petite Corby even played Lurch's mother on 'The Addams Family.' She suffered a serious stroke from which she never recovered in 1976, after which she reprised her role as Grandma Walton as best she could. She died in 1999 of natural causes. She was 87. 1949 -- soon to be a radio staple (and then a television staple for portions of two decades) 'Dragnet' is first broadcast on radio station KFI in Los Angeles. A month later it goes national on NBC. 1957 -- 'Love Letters in the Sand' by Pat Boone tops the charts and stays there for 7 weeks. Pat starred on two television series: 'Arthur Godfrey and His Friends' and 'The Pat Boone -- Chevy Showroom.' 1969 -- the final episode of "Star Trek" aires on NBC. 'Turnabout Intruder' features one of Captain Kirk's former loves diabolically uses an alien machine to cause the two of them to switch bodies. It's not until Spock uses the mind meld to get to the bottom of the strange behavior that things get back to normal. Sandra Smith guested as the evil Dr. Janice Lester. Find out about all the original episodes on treknation.com. 1975 -- tv icon Ozzie Nelson dies of liver cancer. A band leader first, he led his and wife Harriet's comic domestic adventures first on radio and then television. He was 69 when he died. 1985 -- After an absence of 5 years, producers bring back the founding characters of Chris and Nancy Hughes to help 'As the World Turns' return to its moral center. 1989 -- Speaking of soaps, Michael Damian hits the top of the music charts for one week only for his cover of David Essex's 'Rock On.' At the time, Michael is playing the role of Danny Romalotti on 'The Young and the Restless.' 1992 -- Presidential candidate Bill Clinton famously plays the sax on the 'Arsenio Hall Show.' |