1960s Timeline

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,...

Jan. 15, 1962 - Ernie Kovacs received final tribute today in simple Presbyterian rites that were attended by many stars of the...

Jan. 14, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” bitterly disappointed in her husband’s financial failures, Deborah Banning (Mercedes McCambridge,...

Jan. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a hired man (Jeremy Slate) is sweet on Lacey Parcher (Sherry Jackson, pictured), his boss's...

Jan. 13, 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian of the theatre, screen, and television, was killed today in a traffic accident. He would have been...

Jan. 11, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” after hit man Frankie Gruder (Don Gordon) kills a warehouse guard — and is almost nabbed...

Jan. 11, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” the hospital administrator, already unpopular with the staff, makes things worse by firing an...

Jan. 9, 1962 - A series of 13 shows about the Civil War will be presented Sundays at 4:30 p.m. over WABC-TV starting Jan. 21. The...

Jan. 9, 1962 - Tonight on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” Bart Collins (Robert Duvall) is a frustrated alcoholic actor. After losing out on...

Jan. 10, 1962 - Tonight on “Naked City,” a mentally disturbed painter (William Shatner) confesses to murdering his wife, who was found on...

Jan. 8, 1962 - “The Law and Mr. Jones,” a drama series starring James Whitmore (pictured right) as a lawyer, will resume April 19 on...

Jan. 8, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Opie joins a secret club and is in charge of the candle they use in their meetings....

Jan. 7, 1962 - Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett will be the stars of a Carnegie Hall concert, to be taped for telecast by CBS on the...

Jan. 7, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” a charismatic con man sweeps Margie Owens (Kathie Browne) off her feet with promises of excitement...

Jan. 6, 1962 - A program guaranteed to keep viewers from rushing to the icebox during station breaks will be shown on “CBS Reports”...