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| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1970 | | Description: | What happened in the year 1970 | | |
| | | Summary: | What Happened in 1970.
In 1970, the world was a different place.
There was no Google yet. Or Yahoo.
In 1970, the year of your birth, the top selling movie was Love Story. People buying the popcorn in the cinema lobby had glazing eyes when looking at the poster.
Remember, that was before there were DVDs. Heck, even before there was VHS. People were indeed watching movies in the cinema, and not downloading them online. Imagine the packed seats, the laughter, the excitement, the novelty. And mostly all of that without 3D computer effects.
Do you know who won the Oscars that year? The academy award for the best movie went to Patton. The Oscar for best foreign movie that year went to Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion. The top actor was George C. Scott for his role as Gen. George S. Patton Jr. in Patton. The top actress was Glenda Jackson for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in Women in Love. The best director? Franklin J. Schaffner for Patton.
In the year 1970, the time when you arrived on this planet, books were still popularly read on paper, not on digital devices. Trees were felled to get the word out. The number one US bestseller of the time was Love Story by Erich Segal. Oh, that's many years ago. Have you read that book? Have you heard of it? Look at the cover!
In 1970... The first episode of All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network. Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport. Mick Jagger is fined Ł200 for possession of cannabis. The complete New English Bible is published. The Expo '70 World's Fair opens in Suita, Osaka, Japan. Citroën introduces the SM at the Geneva Auto Salon. Teenagers in the United Kingdom vote for the first time, in a by-election in Bridgwater. Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh opens. The 1970 FIFA World Cup is inaugurated in Mexico. An assassination attempt against King Hussein of Jordan precipitates the Black September crisis. The U.S. Foreign Office announces that renewal of arms sales to Pakistan. Democrats sweep the U.S. Congressional midterm elections; Ronald Reagan is reelected governor of California; Jimmy Carter is elected governor of Georgia. Paul McCartney sues in Great Britain to dissolve the Beatles' legal partnership.
That was the world you were born into. Since then, you and others have changed it.
The Nobel prize for Literature that year went to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The Nobel Peace prize went to Norman E. Borlaug. The Nobel prize for physics went to Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén from Sweden for fundamental work and discoveries in magneto-hydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics. The sensation this created was big. But it didn't stop the planets from spinning, on and on, year by year. Years in which you would grow bigger, older, smarter, and, if you were lucky, sometimes wiser. Years in which you also lost some things. Possessions got misplaced. Memories faded. Friends parted ways. The best friends, you tried to hold on. This is what counts in life, isn't it?
The 1970s were indeed a special decade. Women's liberation continued. The hippie culture faded. There was an opposition to the Vietnam war, and nuclear weapons. The environmentalist movement began. Tom Wolfe coined the decade the "Me decade" due to a new self-awareness. Mao Zedong died and the market began to liberate in China. There was an oil crisis. After the first oil shock, gasoline was rationed in many countries. In Eastern Europe, Soviet-style command economies begin showing signs of stagnation. The Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, witness the kidnapping and murder of Israeli athletes by Palestinian Arab terrorists. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The Who, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Bee Gees, Abba and others play their music. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all die at the age of 27. The space mission Apollo 13 nearly ends in disaster. Egypt signed the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. There was a revolution in Iran. The world sees its first general microprocessor. The C programming language makes its debut. Consumer video games show up on the scene. Microwave ovens become commercially available. Margaret Thatcher was victorious in the UK elections.
Do you know what was on the cover of Life that year?
Do you remember the movie that was all the rage when you were 15? Rocky IV. Do you still remember the songs playing on the radio when you were 15? Maybe it was Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears. Were you in love? Who were you in love with, do you remember?
In 1970, 15 years earlier, a long time ago, the year when you were born, the song I'll Be There by The Jackson 5 topped the US charts. Do you know the lyrics? Do you know the tune? Sing along.
You and I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back
Where there is love, I'll be there
I'll reach out my hand to you, I'll have faith in all you do
Just call my name and I'll be there
...
There's a kid outside, shouting, playing. It doesn't care about time. It doesn't know about time. It shouts and it plays and thinks time is forever. You were once that kid.
When you were 9, the movie The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh was playing. When you were 8, there was The Cat from Outer Space. When you were 7, there was a Disney movie out called The Rescuers. Does this ring a bell?
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... it's 1970. There's TV noise coming from the second floor. Someone turned up the volume way too high. The sun is burning from above. These were different times. The show playing on TV is Josie and the Pussycats. The sun goes down. Someone switches channels. There's The Partridge Family on now. That's the world you were born in.
Progress, year after year. Do you wonder where the world is heading towards? The technology available today would have blown your mind in 1970. Do you know what was invented in the year you were born? The Pocket Calculator. The Relational Database Management System. Cup Noodles.
It's 2003 and where do you wanna be? In '42 or 1970?
And maybe we should take a good lock around
I don't get why the planet is so upset
And don't do something you might regret
I'm telling you it's starting to get in the way
...
That's from the song Fun by Smash Mouth.
In 1970, a new character entered the world of comic books: Aquarius. Bang! Boom! But that's just fiction, right? In the real world, in 1970, Beck was born. And Matt Damon. Uma Thurman, too. And you, of course. Everyone an individual. Everyone special. Everyone taking a different path through life.
It's 2012.
The world is a different place.
What path have you taken? | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1949 | | Description: | 7 remained the standard size for vinyl singles, 12 singles were introduced for use by DJs in discos in the 1970s. | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1984 | | Description: | Pianist, France | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1942 | |
| | | Summary: | IMPOSE BAN OF ANY OF IT'S MUSIC PLAYED ON RADIO. 1942 | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1952 | | Description: | British sound engineer and record producer, UK | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1895 | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1925 | | Description: | Saxophonist, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician, Composer | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1991 | | Description: | Composer, Management | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1944 | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1976 | | Description: | The CB radio craze was sweeping country music, as no less than three No. 1 songs are about citizens-band radios | | |
| | | Summary: | C. W. McCall's "Convoy" about a band of truck drivers who fight back against redneck police officers spends four of its six weeks at No. 1 in January, and goes on to be Billboard's No. 1 country song of 1976. | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1942 | | Description: | Vocalist, Actor, Composer, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Acting | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1909 | | Description: | Actor, Singer, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Acting, Musican | | | Event Date: | 1st January 2006 | | Description: | Vocalist, Comedian, Actress, Australia | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 2007 | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1931 | | Description: | The first electrically amplified guitar was invented by George Beauchamp in 1931. | | |
| | | Summary: | Electric guitar. Invented in 1931, the electric guitar became a necessity as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound. The electric guitar has undeniably become one of the most important instruments in popular music around the world. It served as a major component in the development of rock and roll and countless other genres of music. | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1953 | | Description: | Frankie Laine sets the all-time United Kingdom record for weeks at Number One | | |
| | | Summary: | Frankie Laine sets the all-time United Kingdom record for weeks at Number One in a given year on the UK Singles Chart, when his hit singles "Answer Me," "Hey Joe!" and "I Believe" held the top slot for 27 weeks: a little over half a year. "I Believe," which was Number One for 18 weeks also holds the all-time record for a single. Over 50 years later, both records still hold. | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 2012 | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 2010 | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1953 | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1953 | | Description: | At around midnight on January 1, 1953, Williams died while asleep in the back seat of his car. he was unresponsive and his body was becoming rigid | | |
| | | Summary: | His funeral took place on January 4 at the Montgomery Auditorium. During the ceremony, Ernest Tubb sang "Beyond the Sunset" followed by Roy Acuff with "I Saw the Light" and Red Foley with "Peace in the Valley." | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1992 | | Description: | After 23 years of its tried-and-true formula, the producers of Hee Haw unveil an extensively revamped show | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1895 | | Description: | F.B.I. - U.S.A. | | |
| | | Summary: | Born Washington, DC - Director for the F.B.I.' Federal Bureau of Investigations' from 1924 until his death in 1972. | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1970 | | Description: | What Happened in 1970. | | |
| | | Summary: | In 1970, the year of your birth, the top selling movie was Love Story.
Remember, that was before there were DVDs.
People were indeed watching movies in the cinema, and not downloading them online.
Do you know who won the Oscars that year? The academy award for the best movie went to Patton. The Oscar for best foreign movie that year went to Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion.
The top actor was George C. Scott for his role as Gen. George S. Patton Jr. in Patton.
The top actress was Glenda Jackson for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in Women in Love.
Mick Jagger is fined Ł200 for possession of cannabis.
Paul McCartney sues in Great Britain to dissolve the Beatles' legal partnership.
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all die at the age of 27.
The space mission Apollo 13 nearly ends in disaster.
Do you know what was invented in the year you were born? The Pocket Calculator. | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1950 | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, Australia | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1929 | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1965 | | Description: | Johnny Cash is banned from the Grand Ole Opry | | |
| | | Summary: | Johnny Cash is banned from the Grand Ole Opry after an infamous concert where - in a drug-induced haze - he used a microphone to smash the floodlights. He also walked offstage in the middle of a song. | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1946 | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 2010 | | Description: | Vocalist , USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1998 | | Description: | Vocalist, Australia | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Acting, Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1972 | | Description: | Actor, Vocalist, France | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1923 | | Description: | Vibraphone, USA | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1950 | | Description: | Mitch Miller signs as A&R man with Columbia Records. | | |
| | | Summary: | Mitch Miller signs as A&R man with Columbia Records. Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (July 4, 1911 July 31, 2010) was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive. | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1967 | | Description: | He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and found a national audience from its radio broadcasts. | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1967 | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1950 | | Description: | Organ, UK | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Georgie Fame: "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1966 | | Description: | "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" | | |
| | | Summary: | "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" Georgie Fame | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 2013 | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1949 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1949 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1949-50
1 The Texaco Star Theater NBC
2 Toat of the Town (Ed Sullivan) CBS
3 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
4 Fireball Fun for All NBC
5 Philco Television Playhouse NBC
6 Fireside Theatre NBC
7 The Goldbergs CBS
8 Suspense CBS
9 The Ford Television Theater CBS
10 Cavalcade of Stars Dumont | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1950 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1950 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1950-51
1 The Texaco Star Theater NBC
2 Fireside Theatre NBC
3 Your Show of Shows NBC
4 Philco Television Playhouse NBC
5 The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC
6 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports NBC
7 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
8 Mama CBS
9 Robert Montgomery Presents NBC
10 Martin Kane, Private Eye NBC
11 Man Against Crime CBS
12 Somerset MaughamTheatre NBC
13 Kraft Television Theatre NBC
14 Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) CBS
15 The Aldrich Family NBC
16 You Bet Your Life NBC
17 Armstrong Circle Theater (tie) NBC
17 Big Town (tie) CBS
17 Lights Out (tie) NBC
20 The Alan Young Show CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1951 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1951 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1951-52
1 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
2 The Texaco Star Theater NBC
3 I Love Lucy CBS
4 The Red Skelton Show NBC
5 The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC
6 Fireside Theatre NBC
7 The Jack Benny Program CBS
8 Your Show of Shows NBC
9 You Bet Your Life NBC
10 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS
11 Mama CBS
12 Philco Television Playhouse NBC
13 Amos 'n' Andy CBS
14 Big Town CBS
15 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts CBS
16 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports NBC
17 The Alan Young Show CBS
18 All-Star Revue (tie) NBC
18 Dragnet (tie) NBC
20 Kraft Television Theatre NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1952 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1952 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1952-53
1 I Love Lucy CBS
2 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
3 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS
4 Dragnet NBC
5 The Texaco Star Theater NBC
6 The Buick Circus Hour NBC
7 The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC
8 Gangbusters NBC
9 You Bet Your Life NBC
10 Fireside Theatre NBC
11 The Red Buttons Show CBS
12 The Jack Benny Program CBS
13 Life with Luigi CBS
14 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts CBS
15 Goodyear Television Playhouse NBC
16 The Life of Riley NBC
17 Mama CBS
18 Your Show of Shows NBC
19 What's My Line? CBS
20 Strike It Rich CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1953 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1953 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1953-54
1 I Love Lucy CBS
2 Dragnet NBC
3 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (tie) CBS
3 You Bet Your Life (tie) NBC
5 The Bob Hope Show NBC
6 The Buick-Berle Show NBC
7 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS
8 The Ford Television Theater NBC
9 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
10 Fireside Theatre NBC
11 The Colgate Comedy Hour (tie) NBC
11 This Is Your Life (tie) NBC
13 The Red Buttons Show CBS
14 The Life of Riley NBC
15 Our Miss Brooks CBS
16 Treasury Men in Action NBC
17 All-Star Revue (Martha Raye) NBC
18 The Jack Benny Program CBS
19 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports NBC
20 Philco Television Playhouse NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1954 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1954 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1954-55
1 I Love Lucy CBS
2 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
3 Dragnet NBC
4 You Bet Your Life NBC
5 Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) CBS
6 Disneyland ABC
7 The Bob Hope Show NBC
8 The Jack Benny Program CBS
9 The Martha Raye Show NBC
10 The George Gobel Show NBC
11 The Ford Television Theater NBC
12 December Bride CBS
13 The Buick-Berle Show NBC
14 This Is Your Life NBC
15 I've Got a Secret CBS
16 Two for the Money CBS
17 Your Hit Parade NBC
18 The Millionaire CBS
19 General Electric Theater CBS
20 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1955 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1955 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1955-56
1 The $64,000 Question CBS
2 I Love Lucy CBS
3 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
4 Disneyland ABC
5 The Jack Benny Program CBS
6 December Bride CBS
7 You Bet Your Life NBC
8 Dragnet NBC
9 I've Got a Secret CBS
10 General Electric Theater CBS
11 Private Secretary (tie) CBS
11 The Ford Television Theater (tie) NBC
13 The Red Skelton Show CBS
14 The George Gobel Show NBC
15 The $64,000 Challenge CBS
16 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
17 The Lineup CBS
18 Shower of Stars CBS
19 The Perry Como Show NBC
20 The Honeymooners CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1956 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1956 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1956-57
1 I Love Lucy CBS
2 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
3 General Electric Theater CBS
4 The $64,000 Question CBS
5 December Bride CBS
6 Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS
7 I've Got a Secret (tie) CBS
7 Gunsmoke (tie) CBS
9 The Perry Como Show NBC
10 The Jack Benny Program CBS
11 Dragnet NBC
12 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
13 The Millionaire (tie) CBS
13 Disneyland (tie) ABC
15 Shower of Stars CBS
16 The Lineup CBS
17 The Red Skelton Show CBS
18 You Bet Your Life NBC
19 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ABC
20 Private Secretary CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1957 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1957 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1957-58
1 Gunsmoke CBS
2 The Danny Thomas Show CBS
3 Tales of Wells Fargo NBC
4 Have Gun, Will Travel CBS
5 I've Got a Secret CBS
6 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ABC
7 General Electric Theater CBS
8 The Restless Gun NBC
9 December Bride CBS
10 You Bet Your Life NBC
11 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (tie) CBS
11 Cheyenne (tie) ABC
13 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show NBC
14 The Red Skelton Show CBS
15 Wagon Train (tie) NBC
15 Sugarfoot (tie) ABC
15 Father Knows Best (tie) CBS
18 Twenty-One NBC
19 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
20 The Jack Benny Program CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1958 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1958 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1958-59
1 Gunsmoke CBS
2 Wagon Train NBC
3 Have Gun, Will Travel CBS
4 The Rifleman ABC
5 The Danny Thomas Show CBS
6 Maverick ABC
7 Tales of Wells Fargo NBC
8 The Real McCoys ABC
9 I've Got a Secret CBS
10 Wyatt Earp ABC
11 The Price is Right NBC
12 The Red Skelton Show CBS
13 Zane Grey Theater (tie) CBS
13 Father Knows Best (tie) CBS
15 The Texan CBS
16 Wanted: Dead or Alive (tie) CBS
16 Peter Gunn (tie) NBC
18 Cheyenne ABC
19 Perry Mason CBS
20 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1959 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1959 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1959-60
1 Gunsmoke CBS
2 Wagon Train NBC
3 Have Gun, Will Travel CBS
4 The Danny Thomas Show CBS
5 The Red Skelton Show CBS
6 Father Knows Best (tie) CBS
6 77 Sunset Strip (tie) ABC
8 The Price Is Right NBC
9 Wanted: Dead or Alive CBS
10 Perry Mason CBS
11 The Real McCoys ABC
12 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
13 The Bing Crosby Show ABC
14 The Rifleman ABC
15 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show NBC
16 The Lawman ABC
17 Dennis the Menace CBS
18 Cheyenne ABC
19 Rawhide CBS
20 Maverick ABC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1960 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1960 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1960-61
1 Gunsmoke CBS
2 Wagon Train NBC
3 Have Gun, Will Travel CBS
4 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
5 The Real McCoys ABC
6 Rawhide CBS
7 Candid Camera CBS
8 The Untouchables (tie) ABC
8 The Price Is Right (tie) NBC
10 The Jack Benny Program CBS
11 Dennis the Menace CBS
12 The Danny Thomas Show CBS
13 My Three Sons (tie) ABC
13 77 Sunset Strip (tie) ABC
15 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
16 Perry Mason CBS
17 Bonanza NBC
18 The Flintstones ABC
19 The Red Skelton Show CBS
20 Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1961 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1961 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1961-62
1 Wagon Train NBC
2 Bonanza NBC
3 Gunsmoke CBS
4 Hazel NBC
5 Perry Mason CBS
6 The Red Skelton Show CBS
7 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
8 The Danny Thomas Show CBS
9 Dr. Kildare NBC
10 Candid Camera CBS
11 My Three Sons ABC
12 The Gary Moore Show CBS
13 Rawhide CBS
14 The Real McCoys ABC
15 Lassie CBS
16 Sing Along with Mitch NBC
17 Dennis the Menace (tie) CBS
17 Marshal Dillon (Gunsmoke reruns) (tie) CBS
19 Ben Casey ABC
20 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1962 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1962 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1962-63
1 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
2 Candid Camera (tie) CBS
2 The Red Skelton Shown (tie) CBS
4 Bonanza (tie) NBC
4 The Lucy Show (tie) CBS
6 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
7 Ben Casey (tie) ABC
7 The Danny Thomas Show (tie) CBS
9 The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
10 Gunsmoke CBS
11 Dr. Kildare (tie) NBC
11 The Jack Benny Program (tie) CBS
13 What's My Line? CBS
14 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
15 Hazel NBC
16 I've Got a Secret CBS
17 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
18 The Defenders CBS
19 The Gary Moore Show (tie) CBS
19 To Tell the Truth (tie) CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1963 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1963 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1963-64
1 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
2 Bonanza NBC
3 The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
4 Petticoat Junction CBS
5 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
6 The Lucy Show CBS
7 Candid Camera CBS
8 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
9 The Danny Thomas Show CBS
10 My Favorite Martian CBS
11 The Red Skelton Show CBS
12 I've Got a Secret (tie) CBS
12 The Jack Benny Program (tie) CBS
12 Lassie (tie) CBS
15 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
16 The Donna Reed Show ABC
17 The Virginian NBC
18 The Patty Duke Show ABC
19 Dr. Kildare NBC
20 Gunsmoke CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1964 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1964 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1964-65
1 Bonanza NBC
2 Bewitched ABC
3 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. CBS
4 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
5 The Fugitive ABC
6 The Red Skelton Hour CBS
7 The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
8 The Lucy Show CBS
9 Peyton Place (old season) ABC
10 Combat ABC
11 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color NBC
12 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
13 My Three Sons ABC
14 Branded NBC
15 Petticoat Junction (tie) CBS
15 The Ed Sullivan Show (tie) CBS
17 Lassie CBS
18 The Munsters (tie) CBS
18 Gilligan's Island (tie) CBS
20 Peyton Place (new season) ABC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1965 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1965 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1965-66
1 Bonanza NBC
2 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. CBS
3 The Lucy Show CBS
4 The Red Skelton Hour CBS
5 Batman (new season) ABC
6 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
7 Bewitched (tie) ABC
7 The Beverly Hillbillies (tie) CBS
9 Hogan's Heroes CBS
10 Batman (old season) ABC
11 Green Acres CBS
12 Get Smart NBC
13 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. NBC
14 Daktari CBS
15 My Three Sons CBS
16 The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
17 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (tie) NBC
17 The Ed Sullivan Show (tie) CBS
19 The Lawrence Welk Show (tie) ABC
19 I've Got a Secret (tie) CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1966 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1966 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1966-67
1 Bonanza NBC
2 The Red Skelton Hour CBS
3 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
4 The Lucy Show CBS
5 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
6 Green Acres CBS
7 Daktari (tie) CBS
7 Bewitched (tie) ABC
7 The Beverly Hillbillies (tie) CBS
10 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (tie) CBS
10 The Virginian (tie) NBC
10 The Lawrence Welk Show (tie) ABC
10 The Ed Sullivan Show (tie) CBS
14 The Dean Martin Show (tie) CBS
14 Family Affair (tie) CBS
16 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour CBS
17 The CBS Friday Night Movie (tie) CBS
17 Hogan's Heroes (tie) CBS
19 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color NBC
20 Saturday Night at the Movies NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1967 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1967 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1967-68
1 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
2 The Lucy Show CBS
3 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. CBS
4 Gunsmoke (tie) CBS
4 Family Affair (tie) CBS
4 Bonanza (tie) NBC
7 The Red Skelton Hour CBS
8 The Dean Martin Show NBC
9 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
10 Saturday Night at the Movies NBC
11 Bewitched ABC
12 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
13 The Ed Sullivan Show CBS
14 The Virginian NBC
15 The CBS Friday Night Movie (tie) CBS
15 Green Acres (tie) CBS
17 The Lawrence Welk Show ABC
18 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour CBS
19 Gentle Ben CBS
20 Tuesday Night at the Movies NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1968 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1968 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1968-69
1 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In NBC
2 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. CBS
3 Bonanza NBC
4 Mayberry R.F.D. CBS
5 Family Affair CBS
6 Gunsmoke CBS
7 Julia NBC
8 The Dean Martin Show NBC
9 Here's Lucy CBS
10 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
11 Mission: Impossible (tie) CBS
11 Bewitched (tie) ABC
11 The Red Skelton Hour (tie) CBS
14 My Three Sons CBS
15 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour CBS
16 Ironside NBC
17 The Virginian NBC
18 The F.B.I. ABC
19 Green Acres CBS
20 Dragnet NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1969 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1969 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1969-70
1 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In NBC
2 Gunsmoke CBS
3 Bonanza NBC
4 Mayberry R.F.D. CBS
5 Family Affair CBS
6 Here's Lucy CBS
7 The Red Skelton Hour CBS
8 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
9 The Wonderful World of Disney NBC
10 The Doris Day Show CBS
11 The Bill Cosby Show NBC
12 The Jim Nabors Hour CBS
13 The Carol Burnett Show CBS
14 The Dean Martin Show NBC
15 My Three Sons (tie) CBS
15 Ironside (tie) NBC
15 The Johnny Cash Show (tie) ABC
18 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
19 Hawaii Five-O CBS
20 Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1970 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1970 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1970-71
1 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
2 The Flip Wilson Show NBC
3 Here's Lucy CBS
4 Ironside NBC
5 Gunsmoke CBS
6 The ABC Movie of the Week ABC
7 Hawaii Five-O CBS
8 Medical Center CBS
9 Bonanza NBC
10 The F.B.I. ABC
11 The Mod Squad ABC
12 Adam-12 NBC
13 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (tie) NBC
13 The Wonderful World of Disney (tie) NBC
15 Mayberry F.F.D. CBS
16 Hee Haw CBS
17 Mannix CBS
18 The Man from Shiloh NBC
19 My Three Sons CBS
20 The Doris Day Show CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1971 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1971 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1971-72
1 All in the Family CBS
2 The Flip Wilson Show NBC
3 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
4 Gunsmoke CBS
5 The ABC Movie of the Week ABC
6 Sanford and Son NBC
7 Mannix CBS
8 Funny Face (tie) CBS
8 Adam-12 (tie) NBC
10 The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
11 Here's Lucy CBS
12 Hawaii Five-0 CBS
13 Medical Center CBS
14 The NBC Mystery Movie NBC
15 Ironside NBC
16 The Partridge Family ABC
17 The F.B.I. ABC
18 The New Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
19 The Wonderful World of Disney NBC
20 Bonanza NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1972 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1972 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1972-73
1 All in the Family CBS
2 Sanford and Son NBC
3 Hawaii Five-0 CBS
4 Maude CBS
5 Briget Loves Bernie (tie) CBS
5 The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie (tie) NBC
7 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (tie) CBS
7 Gunsmoke (tie) CBS
9 The Wonderful World of Disney NBC
10 Ironside NBC
11 Adam-12 NBC
12 The Flip Wilson Show NBC
13 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
14 Cannon CBS
15 Here's Lucy CBS
16 The Bob Newhart Show CBS
17 ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week ABC
18 NFL Monday Night Football ABC
19 The Partridge Family (tie) ABC
19 The Waltons (tie) CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1973 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1973 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1973-74
1 All in the Family CBS
2 The Waltons CBS
3 Sanford and Son NBC
4 M*A*S*H CBS
5 Hawaii Five-0 CBS
6 Maude CBS
7 Kojak (tie) CBS
7 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (tie) CBS
9 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (tie) CBS
9 Cannon (tie) CBS
11 The Six Million Dollar Man ABC
12 The Bob Newhart Show (tie) CBS
12 The Wonderful World of Disney (tie) NBC
14 The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie NBC
15 Gunsmoke CBS
16 Happy Days ABC
17 Good Times (tie) CBS
17 Barnaby Jones (tie) CBS
19 NFL Monday Night Football (tie) ABC
19 The CBS Friday Night Movie (tie) CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1974 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1974 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1974-75
1 All in the Family CBS
2 Sanford and Son NBC
3 Chico and the Man NBC
4 The Jeffersons CBS
5 M*A*S*H CBS
6 Rhoda CBS
7 Good Times CBS
8 The Waltons CBS
9 Maude CBS
10 Hawaii Five-0 CBS
11 The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
12 The Rockford Files NBC
13 Little House on the Prairie NBC
14 Kojak CBS
15 Police Woman NBC
16 S.W.A.T. ABC
17 The Bob Newhart Show CBS
18 The Wonderful World of Disney (tie) NBC
18 The Rookies (tie) ABC
20 Mannix CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1975 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1975 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1975-76
1 All in the Family CBS
2 Rich Man, Poor Man ABC
3 Laverne and Shirley ABC
4 Maude CBS
5 The Bionic Woman ABC
6 Phyllis CBS
7 Sanford and Son (tie) NBC
7 Rhoda (tie) CBS
9 The Six Million Dollar Man ABC
10 The ABC Monday Night Movie ABC
11 Happy Days ABC
12 One Day at a Time CBS
13 The ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC
14 The Waltons (tie) CBS
14 M*A*S*H (tie) CBS
16 Starsky and Hutch (tie) ABC
16 Good Heavens (tie) ABC
18 Welcome Back, Kotter ABC
19 The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
20 Kojak CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1976 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1976 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1976-77
1 Happy Days ABC
2 Laverne and Shirley ABC
3 The ABC Monday Night Movie ABC
4 M*A*S*H CBS
5 Charlie's Angels ABC
6 The Big Event NBC
7 The Six Million Dollar Man ABC
8 The ABC Sunday Night Movie (tie) ABC
8 Baretta (tie) ABC
8 One Day at a Time (tie) CBS
11 Three's Company ABC
12 All in the Family CBS
13 Welcome Back, Kotter ABC
14 The Bionic Woman ABC
15 The Waltons (tie) CBS
15 Little House on the Prairie (tie) NBC
17 Barney Miller ABC
18 60 Minutes (tie) CBS
18 Hawaii Five-0 CBS
20 NBC Monday Night at the Movies NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1977 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1977 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1977-78
1 Laverne & Shirley ABC
2 Happy Days ABC
3 Three's Company ABC
4 Charlie's Angles (tie) ABC
4 All in the Family (tie) CBS
4 60 Minutes (tie) CBS
7 Little House on the Prairie NBC
8 M*A*S*H (tie) CBS
8 Alice (tie) CBS
10 One Day at a Time CBS
11 How the West Was Won ABC
12 Eight Is Enough ABC
13 Soap ABC
14 The Love Boat ABC
15 NBC Monday Night Movie NBC
16 NFL Monday Night Football ABC
17 Barney Miller (tie) ABC
17 Fantasy Island (tie) ABC
19 The Amazing Spider-Man (tie) CBS
19 Project U.F.O. (tie) NBC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1978 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1978 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1978-79
1 Laverne & Shirley ABC
2 Three's Company ABC
3 Mork & Mindy ABC
4 Happy Days (tie) ABC
4 The Ropers (tie) ABC
6 What's Happening!! (tie) ABC
6 Alice (8:30) (tie) CBS
8 M*A*S*H CBS
9 One Day at a Time (Monday) CBS
10 Taxi ABC
11 60 Minutes (tie) CBS
11 Charlie's Angels (tie) ABC
13 Angie ABC
14 Alice (9:30) CBS
15 All in the Family CBS
16 WKRP in Cincinnati (tie) CBS
16 Soap (tie) ABC
18 Eight Is Enough ABC
19 All in the Family CBS
20 Barney Miller (tie) ABC
20 CBS Sunday Night Movie (tie) CBS | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1980 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1979 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1979-80
1 60 Minutes CBS
2 Three's Company ABC
3 That's Incredible ABC
4 M*A*S*H CBS
5 Alice CBS
6 Dallas CBS
7 Flo CBS
8 The Jeffersons CBS
9 The Dukes of Hazzard CBS
10 One Day at a Time CBS
11 WKRP in Cincinnati CBS
12 Goodtime Girls ABC
13 Archie Bunker's Place CBS
14 Taxi ABC
15 Eight Is Enough ABC
16 Little House on the Prairie NBC
17 House Calls CBS
18 Real People NBC
19 CHiPs NBC
20 Happy Days ABC | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1980 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1980 | | |
| | | Summary: | Top Shows: 1980-1981
Dallas
60 Minutes
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Love Boat
Private Benjamin
M*A*S*H
House Calls
The Jeffersons
(tie) The Two of Us
(tie) Little House on the Prairie
Alice
Real People
(tie) One Day at a Time
(tie) The Greatest American Hero
Three's Company
Magnum, P.I.
(tie) Too Close for Comfort
(tie) ABC Sunday Movie
Diff'rent Strokes
Archie Bunker's Place | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1981 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1981 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1981-1982
Dallas
60 Minutes
The Jeffersons
(tie) Joanie Loves Chachi
(tie) Three's Company
Alice
(tie) The Dukes of Hazzard
(tie) Too Close for Comfort
ABC Monday Night Movie
M*A*S*H
One Day at a Time
NFL Monday Night Football
Archie Bunker's Place
Falcon Crest
The Love Boat
(tie) Hart to Hart
(tie) Trapper John, M.D.
Magnum, P.I.
Happy Days
Dynasty | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1982 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1982 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1982-1983
60 Minutes
Dallas
(tie) M*A*S*H
(tie) Magnum, P.I.
Dynasty
Three's Company
Simon & Simon
Falcon Crest
The Love Boat
(tie) A-Team, The
(tie) NFL Monday Night Football
(tie) The Jeffersons
(tie) Newhart
(tie) The Fall Guy
(tie) The Mississippi
9 to 5
One Day at a Time
Hart to Hart
(tie) Gloria
(tie) Trapper John, M.D.
(tie) Goodnight, Beantown | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1983 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1983 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1983-1984
Dallas
60 Minutes
Dynasty
The A-Team
Simon & Simon
Magnum, P.I.
Falcon Crest
Kate & Allie
Hotel
Cagney & Lacey
Knots Landing
(tie) ABC Sunday Movie
(tie) ABC Monday Movie
TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
AfterMASH
The Fall Guy
The Love Boat
Riptide
The Jeffersons
Scarecrow & Mrs. King | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1984 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1984 | | |
| | | Summary: | Top Shows: 1984-1985 Season
Dynasty
Dallas
The Cosby Show
60 Minutes
Family Ties
The A-Team
Simon & Simon
Murder, She Wrote
Knots Landing
(tie) Falcon Crest
(tie) Crazy Like a Fox
(tie) Hotel
(tie) Cheers
Riptide
Magnum, P.I.
Newhart
Kate & Allie
NBC Monday Night Movie
Highway to Heaven
Night Court | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1985 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1985 | | |
| | | Summary: | Top Shows: 1985-1986 Season
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Murder, She Wrote
60 Minutes
Cheers
Dallas
(tie) Dynasty
(tie) The Golden Girls
Miami Vice
Who's The Boss?
Night Court
CBS Sunday Night Movie
Highway to Heaven
Kate & Allie
NFL Monday Night Football
Newhart
(tie) Knots Landing
(tie) Growing Pains
You Again?
227 | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1986 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1986 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1986-1987
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Murder, She Wrote
The Golden Girls
60 Minutes
Night Court
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
Who's The Boss?
Dallas
Newhart
Amen
227
(tie) Matlock
(tie) CBS Sunday Night Movie
(tie) NBC Monday Night Movie
NFL Monday Night Football
Kate & Allie
NBC Sunday Night Movie | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1987 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1987 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1987-1988
The Cosby Show
A Different World
Cheers
The Golden Girls
Growing Pains
Who's the Boss?
Night Court
60 Minutes
Murder, She Wrote
(tie) ALF
(tie) The Wonder Years
(tie) Moonlighting
(tie) L.A. Law
Matlock
Amen
NFL Monday Night Football
Family Ties
CBS Sunday Night Movie
In the Heat of the Night
(tie) My Two Dads
(tie) Valerie's Family | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1988 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1988 | | |
| | | Summary: | 1988-1989
The Cosby Show
Rosanne
A Different World
Cheers
The Golden Girls
Who's the Boss?
60 Minutes
Murder, She Wrote
Empty Nest
Anything But Love
Dear John
(tie) ALF
(tie) L.A. Law
Matlock
(tie) Unsolved Mysteries
(tie) In the Heat of the Night
Growing Pains
Hunter
(tie) NFL Monday Night Football
(tie) Head of the Class | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1989 | | Description: | TOP TV SHOWS OF 1989 | | |
| | | Summary: | Top Shows: 1989-1990 Season
Roseanne
The Cosby Show
Cheers
A Different World
America's Funniest Home Videos
The Golden Girls
60 Minutes
The Wonder Years
Empty Nest
NFL Monday Night Football
Unsolved Mysteries
Who's the Boss?
(tie) Murder, She Wrote
(tie) Chicken Soup
Grand
L.A. Law
In the Heat of the Night
Dear John
Coach
Matlock | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 2005 | | Description: | RocKwiz is an Australian television quiz show series, focused on rock music | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1911 | | Description: | Violinist, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1995 | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, USA | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1942 | | Description: | Record strike in 194 to 1948. The strike did not affect musicians performing on live radio shows, in concerts, or, after October 27, 1943 | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1962 | | Description: | The Decca audition is the name given to the now-famous Beatles audition for Decca Records | | |
| | | Summary: | The Decca audition is the name given to the now-famous Beatles audition for Decca Records at their Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London, England, before they reached international stardom. Decca's decision to reject the group is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music history. | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1962 | | Description: | The Beatles Decca audition | | |
| | | Summary: | The Decca audition is the name given to the now-famous Beatles audition for Decca Records at their Decca Studios. Decca's decision to reject the group is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music history. | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1785 | | Description: | The Times is a British daily national newspaper published in London since 1785. | | |
| | | Summary: | The London Times is a British daily national newspaper published in London since 1785 - although it was originally known as The Daily Universal Register.
The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International. News International is entirely owned by the News Corporation group, headed by Rupert Murdoch. | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1940 | | Description: | The Peabody Awards were originally only for radio, but in 1948, television awards were introduced. In the late 1990s additional categories for material distributed via the World Wide Web were added. | | |
| | | Summary: | The George Foster Peabody Awards (Peabody Awards) recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. Since 1941, when the first Awards were presented for work completed in 1940, no more than 36 Awards have been presented in a single year. | | | |
| | | Event Date: | 1st January 1966 | | Description: | Topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1966) USA | | |
| | | Summary: | "The Sounds of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1966)
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| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1967 | | Description: | Vocalist, US | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1997 | | Description: | Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer. Composer, USA | | | |
| | | Sub Title: | Musician | | | Event Date: | 1st January 1900 | | Description: | Violinist, Cuba | | | |
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