2004 Jack Paar, TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 85
2001 Fred De Cordova, producer/director, Tonight Show, dies at 90
2000 Steve Allen, writer/TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 80
1999 Jane Crowley, censor, NBC censor for The Tonight Show, dies at 73
1997 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight"
1996 Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87
1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
1995 Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"
1994 "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 8 performances
1994 "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 8 performances
1994 Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show
1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show
1993 Catherine Leno, mother of Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82
1993 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show
1993 NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman
1992 Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "Tonight Show"
1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show
1992 Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight
1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
1991 Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show
1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1990 Lillian "Miss" Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
1986 John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
1986 Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
1984 Cyndi Lauper sings "She-Bop" on Tonight Show
1984 Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight
1982 Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
1981 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
1981 Roy James Brown, U.S. boxer/singer (Good rockin' tonight), dies at 55
1979 Wings release "Goodnight Tonight"
1977 1st time Jay Leno appears on Tonight Show with host Johnny Carson
1975 Bob Considine, newscaster (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 68
1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" and Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1974 Dorothy Fields, U.S. singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68
1971 Leanza Cornet, TV host, Entertainment Tonight
1969 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show
1968 John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73
1967 "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
1966 Lisa Canning, Virgin Islands, hostess, Entertainment Tonight
1962 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests
1962 "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
1962 Julie Moran, TV hostess, Entertainment Tonight, Independence Day
1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1
1960 Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist, Bring on the Night, Tonight Show
1958 Edd Hall, TV announcer, Jay Leno's Tonight Show
1957 Kevin Eubanks, bandleader, Tonight Show
1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show premieres
1957 Leeza Gibbons, born in South Carolina, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Leeza
1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar)
1956 Freddie Jackson, U.S. R&B singer and songwriter, Rock Me Tonight
1955 "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 85 performances
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances
1954 Bob Goen, TV host, Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight
1954 Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premieres
1954 Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)
1954 Michael Scott, reporter, Entertainment Tonight
1953 Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondent, Entertainment Tonight
1951 Mary Hart, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, TV hostess, Entertainment Tonight
1950 Leonard Maltin, born in New York City, movie critic, Entertainment Tonight
1950 Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host, Tonight Show
1949 Robb Weller, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Home Show
1949 Eddie Money, [Mahoney], born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and guitarist, Take Me Home Tonight
1948 Pat O'Brien, reporter, Entertainment Tonight
1947 Mitch Margo, Brooklyn, rocker, Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight
1945 Ron Hendren, born in Pinehurst, North Carolina, TV host, Entertainment Tonight
1942 Phil Margo, born in Brooklyn, rock vocalist, Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight
1939 Jay Siegel, Brooklyn, rock bassist, Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight
1938 Hank Medress, born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight
1936 Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in New York City
1936 Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright, Are You Lonesome Tonight
1934 Barbara Howar, Nashville, reporter, Washington Post, Entertainment Tonight
1933 Barbara Carson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Comedy Tonight, Carter Country
1929 Tommy Newsom, Virginia, musician/bandleader/saxophonist, Tonight Show
1925 Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust
1925 Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer, Good Rockin' Tonight
1922 Lou Stein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist, Tonight! America After Dark
1921 Steve Allen, New York City, comedian/TV host, Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show
1921 Paul Coates, born in New York City, columnist, Tonight! America After Dark
1919 Al "Jazbo" Collins, New York City, DJ, Tonight! America After Dark
1918 Milton Delugg, born in Los Angeles, California, orch leader, Tonight Show
1918 Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orch leader, Tonight Show
1913 Leroy Holmes, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Tonight Show, 1956-57
1912 Tony Martin, Oakland Cal, singer, Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love
1912 Irv Kupcinet, born in Chicago, Illinois, TV host, Tonight! America After Dark
1910 Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer, Tonight Show
1909 Magda Schneider, actress, Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight
1900 John Mason Brown, born in Louisville, Kentucky, critic, Tonight on Broadway
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