2000 Death Meredith MacRae, actress, Petticoat Junction, dies at 56 1979 Death Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 1976 Birthday Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics 1975 Death Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75 1974 Death Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 1974 Birthday Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont 1997 1973 Death Paul Hartman, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 84 1972 Birthday Shana Zadrick, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, model, Guess Jeans 1970 Death Byron Foulger, actor (Captain Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70 1968 Death Bea Benaderet, New York City, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 1968 Death Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 1967 Event 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1967 Death Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55 1965 Death Jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68 1965 Birthday Sherilyn Fenn, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, 2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks 1954 Event KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Birthday Janis Siegel, born in New York City, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction 1951 Event Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor at Murray Hill, New Jersey 1945 Birthday Meredith MacRae, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons 1944 Birthday Linda Kaye Henning, Cal, actress, Betty Joe-Petticoat Junction 1944 Birthday Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress, Petticoat Junction 1941 Birthday Tim Hauser, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction 1941 Birthday Lori Saunders, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails 1940 Event Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction" 1925 Birthday June Lockhart, New York City, actress, Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction 1911 Birthday Smiley Burnette, Summum, Illinois, cowboy, Charlie-Petticoat Junction 1906 Birthday Bea Benaderet, born in New York City, actress, Kate-Petticoat Junction 1905 Birthday Charles Lane, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show 1904 Birthday Paul Hartman, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Bert-Petticoat Junction 1902 Birthday Regis Toomey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction 1902 Birthday Edgar Buchanan, born in Humansville, Missouri, actor, Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction 1900 Birthday Roy Roberts, born in Tampa, Florida, actor, Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show 1897 Birthday Jack Wagner, Ohio, actor, Jive Junction 1864 Event Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Bermuda Hundred) 1864 Event Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) 1864 Event Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia 1862 Event Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
