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May 26th in TV History
Birthdays
 | Jay Silverheels | 1912 in Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada | - Tonto on The Lone Ranger |
 | Peter Cushing | 1913 in Kenley, Surrey [now in Croydon, London], England, UK | |
| James Arness | 1923 in Minneapolis, MN | - Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke |
| Benji Gregory | 1978 in Panorama City, CA | - ALF |
TV Shows Ended
I Dream of Jeannie (1970)
TV Episode Debuts
| I Love Lucy | "Lucy's Schedule" | 1952 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Killer" | 1956 |
| The Rifleman | "Blood Brothers" | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up" | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | "Hot Tamale Caper: Part 1" | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | "The Boys" | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | "Luke's Boy" | 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "There's No Sale Like Wholesale" | 1965 |
| Bewitched | "What Every Young Man Should Know" | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | "My Master, the Chili King" | 1970 |
| Doctor Who | "The Green Death, Part Two" | 1973 |
| The Bionic Woman | "The Ghosthunter" | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | "Child's Play" | 1981 |
| Happy Days | "American Musical" | 1981 |
| Punky Brewster | "What's Your Sign?" | 1988 |
