1960s Timeline

Jan. 25, 1962 - Four prominent figures in public life who were closely associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt (pictured right in 1933)...

Jan. 25, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” Gillespie's daughter (Dina Merrill, pictured) leaves her home in Paris to come to Blair...

Jan. 24, 1962 - The “Bob Newhart Show,” which made its debut last fall, is undergoing changes in its production staff. NBC confirmed a...

Jan. 23, 1962 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a psychiatrist's secretary (Barbara Baxley, pictured) falls for a shady man...

Jan. 22, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” when a pretty young manicurist (Barbara Eden) starts working in Floyd's Barber Shop,...

Jan. 22, 1962 - Rod Serling, who started in television as a writer and now is the producer of “The Twilight Zone,” will make his acting...

Jan. 22, 1962 - Lloyd Bridges (pictured), who found an underwater career as the star of the TV series “Sea Hunt,” will be the host of a...

Jan. 21, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” when Adam (Pernell Roberts, pictured) is a witness to a murderous armed robbery by masked...

Jan. 20, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Cody (Anthony Caruso) is a well-liked citizen of Dodge. He's building a house and getting married....

Jan. 20, 1962 - Tonight on “The Defenders,” a man confesses to a murder for which someone else has already been executed — a man Lawrence...

Jan. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a homeless man (Warren Stevens, pictured right with Joan Marshall) takes the shoes off a...

Jan. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” when gangsters shoot up a speakeasy on the outskirts of Chicago, Ness thinks Frank Nitti...

Jan. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Joey Bishop Show,” Joey and Larry believe Stella (Marlo Thomas, pictured) has fallen in love with her...

Jan. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “Naked City,” a doctor faces a moral dilemma after a young man, Joey (Peter Fonda, right), who is like a son...

Jan. 17, 1962 - Charles Van Doren (pictured) and nine other former contestants on rigged T.V. quiz shows pleaded guilty today to perjury...

Jan. 16, 1962 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a man (Claude Rains, center) walks into a police station with no memory of who he...

Jan. 15, 1962 - Jack Benny (right) celebrated his 35th wedding anniversary today. The comedian and Mary Livingstone (left), long a...

Jan. 15, 1962 - ABC-TV announced today that the “Ernie Kovacs Show,” which recently was recorded on tape, would be televised as scheduled...

Jan. 15, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Andy teaches self-reliance and responsibility to the spoiled son (Bill Bixby, left)...

Jan. 15, 1962 - “The Point Shaver,” a drama about a college basketball scandal, will be televised by CBS-TV’s “The Defenders” on Feb. 3,...