1960s Timeline

Mar. 3, 1964 - Lucille Ball, who recently announced that she would not continue “The Lucy Show” next season, was reported today to have...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a carnival space ride becomes frighteningly real when an alien birdman secretly rigs it...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Alfred Hitchcock (pictured with Sean Connery on the set of “Marnie”), whose television future had been in doubt, will...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Ben Weaver (Tol Avery) complains that merchandise has been disappearing from his...

Mar. 1, 1964 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben's Pygmalion-like efforts to ‘civilize’ a young, white woman (Anjanette Comer, right) raised by a...

Dec. 31, 1963 - Tonight on the “Tonight” show, Johnny Carson is host to Woody Allen, Rudy Vallee, and Yvonne Constant. The program will...

Dec. 31, 1963 - ABC has finalized plans for extensive changes in its current television schedule. At least four shows will be dropped...

Dec. 30, 1963 - Hollywood’s “Hud” and Britain’s “Tom Jones” won top honors today in the 28th annual poll of the New York Film Critics,...

Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” after watching a movie about Robin Hood, Opie and his pals befriend a hobo who...

Dec. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” an alien planet demands that Earth provide a penal colony for its criminals. To make...

Dec. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging...

Dec. 29, 1963 - Richard Harris, last seen as the tough rugby player in the British film “This Sporting Life” and previously as a sailor...

Dec. 28, 1963 - A television set owner who turns on his set and finds Guy Lombardo on the screen knows instantly that an old year is...

Dec. 28, 1963 - Edward G. Robinson has been signed to replace the ailing Spencer Tracy in “Cheyenne Autumn,” Warner Brothers announced...

Dec. 27, 1963 - Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine plan to be married in Hollywood next July. Mr. Borgnine said in New York today that his...

Dec. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Barbara “Bunny” Blake (Maggie McNamara) is a Hollywood star whose hometown fan club in...

Dec. 26, 1963 - John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, and other film personalities fled a blazing circus tent today at Aranjuez, Spain. Paramount...

Dec. 26, 1963 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Jeff (Paul Petersen, right) has invited a girl to the chic Candlelight Ball, but his...

Dec. 26, 1963 - Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisa (pictured) have been signed to star in and Richard Quine will direct “How To Murder Your...

Dec. 25, 1963 - Opening today is “4 for Texas,” a comedy Western starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, and Ursula Andress,...