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2010 Event - U.S. talk show host Conan O'Brien returns to television on TBS after a ten-month absence

2002 Death - Lisa Lopes, singer, songwriter, known as 'Left Eye', member of group, TLC, famous songs include, 'Waterfalls', 'Girl Talk', dies in La Ceiba, Honduras, at age 30, in a car accident

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

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

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

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

1994 Event - Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show

1994 Event - Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman

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

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

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

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

1989 Event - Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander

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

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

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

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

1982 Event - WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network

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

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

1981 Event - RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show

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

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

1977 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament

1977 Event - U.S. and Cuba talk about diplomatic relations

1976 Event - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic

1975 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic

1973 Birthday - Carson Daly, born in Santa Monica, California, television host, 'Last Call with Carson Daly' on NBC, a late-night talk show

1971 Birthday - Tom Green, born in Pembroke, Canada, actor, media personality, rapper, host of Tom Green's House Tonight' internet talk show, autobiography, 'Hollywood Causes Cancer'

1971 Birthday - Lisa Lopes, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, known as 'Left Eye', member of group, TLC, famous songs include, 'Waterfalls', 'Girl Talk'

1969 Birthday - Jamie Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, singer, record producer, appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, the Heights, song, 'How Do You Talk To An Angel' hit number 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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

1968 Birthday - Ricki Lake, born in New York City, New York actress, 'Hairspray', talk show host, Ricki

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

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

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

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

1965 Birthday - Debbye Turner, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, beauty queen, Miss America 1990, veterinarian, talk show host, CBS News reporter

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

1961 Birthday - Ann Coulter, born in New York City, New York, conservative political commentator, author, 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism', 'How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)'

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

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

1960 Birthday - Jonathan Ross, British talk show host, Tall Guy

1960 Birthday - Bertice Berry, talk show host, Bertice

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

1959 Birthday - Rolonda Watts, talk show hostess, Rolanda

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

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

1957 Birthday - Lee John, English singer and actor, Body Talk

1957 Birthday - Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991

1956 Birthday - David Sedaris, born in London, England, writer, comedian, published, 'Barrel Fever', 'Naked', 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'

1956 Birthday - Montel Williams, TV talk show host, Montel

1955 Birthday - Mike Huckabee, born in Hope, Arkansas, politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas, Republican, candidate for President in 2008, host of 'Huckabee' television talk show

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

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

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

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

1951 Birthday - Barbara DeAngelis, talk show hostess, Barbara DeAngelis Show

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

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

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

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

1947 Event - 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 Birthday - Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son

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

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

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

1941 Event - Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR

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

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

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

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

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

1933 Birthday - Michael Aspel, British talk show host

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1828 Event - Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk

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

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