Category Archives: 1960s

Beatle Ringo Starr, wife Maureen take newborn baby son home 60 years ago today (Sep 22 1965)


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(Wednesday, September 22, 1965) — The Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen, were filmed today leaving Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital in London with their nine-day-old son Zak, accompanied by nanny Marion Bramwell, en route to the Starkey’s home at 34 Montagu Square. Continue reading Beatle Ringo Starr, wife Maureen take newborn baby son home 60 years ago today (Sep 22 1965)

‘The F.B.I.’ series debuts on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Sep 19 1965)


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(Sunday, September 19, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT)The F.B.I., a scripted television series based on F.B.I. cases and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine, premiered tonight on ABC-TV.

‘Get Smart’ television comedy series debuts on NBC 60 years ago this hour (Sep 18 1965)

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(Saturday, September 18, 1965, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT)Get Smart, a comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon and Edward Platt, premiered tonight on NBC.

‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ by The Turtles peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago today (Sep 18 1965)

(Saturday, September 18, 1965) — “It Ain’t Me Babe” by The Turtles peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ by The Turtles peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago today (Sep 18 1965)

‘Hogan’s Heroes’ television sitcom series debuts on CBS 60 years ago this hour (Sep 17 1965)

Video: '[PART 1 6 Pilot] The Informer - Hogan's Heroes 1x1' (Sept. 17, 1965)

(Friday, September 17, 1965, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT)Hogan’s Heroes, a sitcom television series set in a German prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II, starring Bob Crane as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, premiered tonight on CBS-TV.

‘The Wild Wild West’ Western television series debuts on CBS 60 years ago this hour (Sep 17 1965)

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(Friday, September 17, 1965, 7:30-8:30 p.m. EDT)The Wild Wild West, a television series conceived as “James Bond on horseback” about Secret Service agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin), premiered tonight on CBS-TV.

‘The Dean Martin Show’ TV variety-comedy series debuts on NBC 60 years ago this hour (Sep 16 1965)


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(Thursday, September 16, 1965, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT)The Dean Martin Show, a TV variety-comedy series hosted by entertainer Dean Martin, premiered tonight on NBC-TV.

‘I Spy’ series debuts on NBC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)

(Wednesday, September 15, 1965, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT)I Spy, a secret-agent adventure television series starring Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott, premiered tonight on NBC-TV.

‘Coast to Coast Big Mouth’ episode airs on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ 60 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)

(Wednesday, September 18, 1965, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — A game show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. Continue reading ‘Coast to Coast Big Mouth’ episode airs on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ 60 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)