Entertainment Highlights in History

By The Associated Press

Entertainment highlights during the week of Sept. 10-Sept. 16:

1955: “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS. “Gunsmoke” began on radio in 1952. The program ran for nearly 20 years on TV.

1965: “The Jack Paar Show” had its final broadcast. The studio audience consisted of one: Paar’s dog.

1965: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band played their first gig, in Toronto.

1969: Ed Sullivan released “The Sulli-Gulli,” his first and only rock record. He was hoping it would create a new dance.

1972: “The Waltons” TV series debuted on CBS.

1985: “The Golden Girls” sitcom debuted on NBC.

1987: CBS news anchor Dan Rather walked off the set of the “CBS Evening News” because a tennis tournament ran long. The network went black for six minutes when the tournament ended and Rather was nowhere to be found.

1993: “The X-Files” made its debut on Fox.

1995: TV viewers voted to keep the swimsuit competition in the Miss America pageant.

1996: Oasis abruptly canceled its U.S. tour two-thirds of the way into it. The band said it was due to “internal differences.”

2002: Singer Gwen Stefani of No Doubt married singer Gavin Rossdale of Bush in London.

2003: Actor John Ritter died in Los Angeles of a heart problem he never knew he had. He was 54.