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2001 "Morton Downey, Jr", former talk show host, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, dies at 68

1998 Virginia Graham, talk show host/writer, dies at 86

1996 Leon Lewis, U.S. radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81

1996 Ross Hunter, U.S. producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75

1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show

1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman

1993 Michael Gordon, actor and director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83

1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49

1991 Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer

1990 President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid

1989 Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander

1988 U.S. agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)

1988 Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87

1984 "Thicke Of The Night," TV Talk Show last airs in syndication

1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations

1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network

1982 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)

1982 Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76

1981 RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show

1979 "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65

1979 Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64

1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament

1977 U.S. and Cuba talk about diplomatic relations

1976 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic

1975 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic

1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63

1968 Ricki Lake, New York City, actress, Hairspray, talk show host, Ricki

1968 Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36

1967 Jason R Rich, Irvington, New York, writer, Celebrity Teen Talk

1967 Laura E Dern, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk

1966 Sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66

1966 Al Kelly, double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 67

1963 Greg Kinnear, actor/talk show host, Talk Soup, Sabrina, Later

1961 Mary Page Keller, actress in Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk

1961 William Ragsdale, AK, actor, Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk

1960 Jonathan Ross, British talk show host, Tall Guy

1960 Bertice Berry, talk show host, Bertice

1960 Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84

1959 Rolonda Watts, talk show hostess, Rolanda

1958 Michael Madsen, Chicago, actor, Reservoir Dogs, Straight Talk

1957 Susan Powter, diet guru/author/talk show host, Susan Powter Show

1957 Lee John, English singer and actor, Body Talk

1956 Montel Williams, TV talk show host, Montel

1955 Mark Hollis, English pop musician, Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl

1953 Wil Shriner, New York City/Indiana, talk show host, Wil Shriner Show

1953 Eric Bogosian, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, actor, Talk Radio

1952 Bob Costas, born in Queens, New York, sportscaster/talk show host, Later

1951 Barbara DeAngelis, talk show hostess, Barbara DeAngelis Show

1950 Julia Duffy, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actress, Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk

1950 Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host, Tonight Show

1949 Cyndy Garvey, born in Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host, AM LA

1948 Dini Petty, Canadian talk show host, CITY-TV

1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon

1946 Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son

1945 David Brenner, born in Philadelphia, comedian/TV talk show host, Nightlife

1944 Jerry Springer, born in London, England, talk show host, Jerry Springer Show

1943 Angelique Pettyjohn, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Body Talk, Star Trek

1941 Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR

1940 Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow, Malcolm X

1938 Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host, Irish Days

1937 Bill Lawry, cricketer, dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit

1936 Dick Cavett, Kearney, Nebraska, talk show host, Dick Cavett Show

1935 Phil Donahue, born in Cleveland, Ohio, talk show host, Phil Donahue Show

1933 Michael Aspel, British talk show host

1930 Polly Bergen, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk

1925 Rock Hudson, Winnetka, Illinois, actor, Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms

1925 Mike Douglas, born in Chicago, Illinois, talk show host, Mike Douglas Show

1924 Doris Day, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, girl next door actress, Pillow Talk

1921 Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, producer, Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk

1918 Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host, Paul Dixon Show

1918 Joey Bishop, born in New York, entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack", guest on talk, comedy and game shows

1912 Virginia Graham, born in Chicago, Illinois, TV personality, Girl Talk, Where Was I

1911 Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk

1907 George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in New York City

1905 Red Smith, Green Bay Wisconsin, sportscaster/columnist, Fight Talk

1900 Sherman Billingsley, born in Enid, Oklahoma, talk show host, Stork Club

1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, U.S. theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88

1875 Maude Eburne, Canada, actress, Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman

1828 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk

1804 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer, Informal Talk


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