JUNE 25, 2014 – NATIONAL CATFISH DAY – COLOR TV DAY – NATIONAL LEON DAY – NATIONAL STRAWBERRY PARFAIT DAY
Birthdays:
Jimmie Walker 67; June Lockhart 89; Phyliss George 65; George Michael 51; Carly Simon 69
Advise (Old Farmer Almanac)
Use a little mineral oil on a cotton ball to polish patent leather shoes.
1993 “Late Night” with David Letterman aired for the last time on NBC.
1987 Reba McEntire files for divorce from Charlie Battles, four days after the couple marked its 11th anniversary
1986 Jenifer Strait, the 13-year-old daughter of George Strait, dies in an auto accident. She is a passenger in a car, driven by a teenage friend, that rolls over during a left turn in San Marcos, Texas
1985 ABC’s “Monday Night Football” began with a new line-up. The trio was Frank Gifford, Joe Namath and O.J. Simpson.
1984 The Statler Brothers announce that Crohn’s disease has forced the retirement of Lew DeWitt. Jimmy Fortune replaces him, the group’s first lineup change in 18 years
1957 This day in 1957 marked the final telecast of The Jonathan Winters Show on NBC…
1951 The first commercial color TV program was a show presented on CBS using the FCC-approved CBS Color System. The public did not own color TV’s at the time.
