The first episode of “The Andy Griffith Show” aired on CBS on Oct. 3, 1960. Pictured (from left) are Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, who played Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife on the hit television sitcom.
The first episode of “The Andy Griffith Show” aired on CBS on Oct. 3, 1960. Pictured (from left) are Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, who played Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife on the hit television sitcom.
In 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling on Americans to observe the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving, although it didn’t become a fixed federal holiday until 1941.
On this date:
1955: Children’s television programs “Captain Kangaroo” and “The Mickey Mouse Club” make their debuts.
1960: The TV sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show” premieres on CBS.
1974: Frank Robinson becomes Major League Baseball’s first African American manager.
1995: A Los Angeles jury acquits former football star O.J. Simpson of murder charges in the deaths of his former wife and her friend.
1997: Gordie Howe appears in an International Hockey League contest at age 69, becoming the only professional hockey player to compete in six different decades.
Birthdays:
Chubby Checker, American musician (1941)
Clive Owen, English actor (1964)
Gwen Stefani, American musician (1969)
Seann William Scott, American actor (1976)
C.J. Stroud, American football player (2001)
Quote:
“If we never try, we shall never succeed.” — Abraham Lincoln
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