February 13th

February 13th in TV History

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Births

Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919, Bristol, TN)
Frank Buxton (1930, Wellesley, MA) - writer for The Odd Couple, Happy Days, and Mork & Mindy
Kim Novak (1933, Chicago, IL) - Falcon Crest

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Deaths

Ralph Waite (2014 in Palm Desert, CA)

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TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Valentine Show" (1953)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Hot-Dog Stand" (1957)

77 Sunset Strip "Eyewitness" (1959)

Gunsmoke "Moo Moo Raid" (1960)

The Andy Griffith Show "Mayberry on Record" (1961)

The Beverly Hillbillies "Jed Plays Solomon" (1963)

The Dick Van Dyke Show "My Husband is a Check-Grabber" (1963)

Gilligan's Island "St. Gilligan and the Dragon" (1965)

Gunsmoke "Song for Dying" (1965)

Doctor Who "The Web Planet (The Web Planet, Part One)" (1965)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea "Dead Men's Doubloons" (1966)

The Big Valley "Price of Victory" (1967)

The Andy Griffith Show "Floyd's Barbershop" (1967)

I Dream of Jeannie "Please Don't Feed the Astronauts" (1968)

Bewitched "Mrs. Stephens, Where are You?" (1969)

Get Smart (1965) "How Green Was My Valet" (1970)

Hogan's Heroes "One Army at a Time" (1970)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show "The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner" (1971)

Doctor Who "The Mind of Evil, Part Three" (1971)

Cannon "Death of a Hunter" (1974)

Kojak (1973) "Deliver Us Some Evil" (1974)

The Rockford Files "The Italian Bird Fiasco" (1976)

The Six Million Dollar Man "Carnival of Spies" (1977)

The Six Million Dollar Man "Dead Ringer" (1978)

Lou Grant "Scandal" (1978)

Laverne & Shirley "Lenny's Crush" (1979)

Three's Company "The Best Laid Plans" (1979)

Taxi "Elaine and the Lame Duck" (1979)

Happy Days "Marion, Fairy Godmother" (1979)

The Dukes of Hazzard "Along Came a Duke" (1981)

Dallas "The Quest" (1981)

The Fall Guy "Rockabye Baby" (1985)

Cheers "The Peterson Principle" (1986)

The Cosby Show "Play It Again, Russell" (1986)

Family Ties "A Word to the Wise (1)" (1986)

Family Ties "A Word to the Wise (2)" (1986)

Airwolf "Salvage" (1987)

Dallas "Olio" (1987)

227 "The Big Deal" (1988)

Murphy Brown "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (1989)

ALF "Running Scared" (1989)

Night Court "Alone Again, Naturally" (1991)

Cheers "License to Hill" (1992)

The Cosby Show "Cliff and Theo Come Clean" (1992)

L.A. Law "I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz" (1992)

Murphy Brown "A Rat's Tale" (1995)

3rd Rock From the Sun "Green-Eyed Dick" (1996)

3rd Rock From the Sun "You Don't Know Dick" (2001)