1960s Timeline

Mar. 6, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a reporter (Lee Philips) interviews beautiful actress Pamela Morris (Ann Blyth, pictured)....

June 1, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” after being forced to retire, Professor Fowler (Donald Pleasence) contemplates suicide...

May 25, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” inept guardian angel Harmon Cavender (Jesse White, right) is given a chance to earn his...

May 23, 1962 - Rod Serling speaks out on "The Twilight Zone" and accusations of "commercialism." Complete report here:...

May 23, 1962 - Rod Serling and CBS have reached an agreement under which Mr. Serling will produce a new series of 13 hour-long episodes...

Headlines: President Kennedy takes on the AMA; in Vietnam, an American general’s son is wounded; Martin Luther King predicts the future;...

Apr. 28, 1962 - Although the CBS half-hour series “The Twilight Zone” is not currently scheduled to continue next fall, the network and...

Apr. 27, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a man from the stars comes with a gift to a small Mexican village. The residents of the...

Apr. 20, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” an elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies and then resort to desperate...

Apr. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a rural gas station attendant (Andy Devine) given to telling tall tales about himself is...

Apr. 6, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” an obsessed man (Theodore Bikel, pictured) wants to expose evil in the world. So, he...

Mar. 23, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” David Gurney (Richard Long, pictured) wakes up to another ordinary day. But something is...

Mar. 16, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a father (Robert Sampson) who is awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of his...

Mar. 9, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Jenny and the other kids don't realize that the kindly yet magical old man (J. Pat...

Mar. 2, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” an alien race called the Kanamit comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A...

Feb. 23, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a young man (James Best) wakes up at his own funeral and would like to know what exactly...

Feb. 16, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Fitzgerald Fortune (Barry Morse), a sadistic and hated theater critic, buys a player...

Feb. 9, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Charles Whitley (Ernest Truex) is an elderly resident of Sunnyvale Rest Home. Charles...

Feb. 2, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” the star of a Western TV series (Larry Blyden, pictured) suddenly finds himself...

Jan. 26, 1962 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” after returning from a raccoon hunt, Hyder Simpson (Arthur Hunnicutt, pictured) discovers...