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Overview of the events of 1945 in television
The year 1945 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of
television-related events during 1945.
Events
- July - The final months of
World War II continued to disrupt television operations in Europe until July.
- October 1 – The U.S.
War Production Board ends its wartime ban of the manufacture of
radio and
television equipment for consumer use.
- October 10 – Reopening of French TV station RDF in 441-line standard.
- December 1 – US
Army-
Navy
football game is transmitted 145 kilometers (90 mi) by
coaxial cable from
Philadelphia to
New York City.
- December 15 – Moscow TV center reinstated regular TV broadcasting after World War II.
- December 17 – First weather programme on French television.
Television shows
Programs ending
Date |
Show |
Debut
|
Unknown
|
The War As It Happens
|
February 21, 1944
|
The Face of the War
|
July 18, 1941
|
Births
- January 9
- January 22 –
Steve Vinovich, actor
- January 25
- January 26 –
Jacqueline Ray, actress
- January 29 –
Tom Selleck, actor,
Magnum, P.I.,
Blue Bloods
- February 6 –
Michael Tucker, actor,
L.A. Law
- February 9 –
Mia Farrow, actress, model,
Peyton Place
- February 20 –
George Smoot, American astrophysicist
- February 22 –
Leslie Charleson, American soap actress,
General Hospital
- February 24 –
Barry Bostwick, actor,
Spin City,
Phineas and Ferb
- February 26 –
Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress,
Lost in Space
- March 1 –
Dirk Benedict, actor,
Battlestar Galactica,
The A-Team
- March 3 -
Hattie Winston, actress,
The Electric Company,
Becker
- March 5 -
George Crile III, American journalist (died 2006)
- March 8 –
Micky Dolenz, singer, actor,
The Monkees
- March 20 -
Pat Riley,
NBA basketball player and coach
- March 31 -
Gabe Kaplan, actor, comedian,
Welcome Back, Kotter
- April 1 -
Heather Young, actress,
Land of the Giants
- April 2 -
Linda Hunt, actress,
NCIS: Los Angeles
- April 13 –
Tony Dow, actor,
Leave It to Beaver (died 2022)
- April 23 –
François Clemmons, actor
- May 7 -
Robin Strasser, actress,
One Life to Live
- May 10 -
Bill Geist, television journalist
- May 12 -
Linda Carlson, actress (died 2021)
- May 21 –
Richard Hatch, actor,
Battlestar Galactica (died 2017)
- May 22 -
Victoria Wyndham, actress,
Another World
- May 23 -
Lauren Chapin, actress,
Father Knows Best
- May 24 –
Priscilla Presley, actress
- June 1 –
Kerry Vincent, Australian chef and author (died 2021)
- June 2
- June 6 –
David Dukes, actor (died 2000)
- June 11 –
Adrienne Barbeau, actress,
Maude
- June 27 –
Clive Clark, golfer
- July 3 –
Mickey Rooney Jr., actor (died 2022)
- July 6 –
Burt Ward, actor,
Batman
- July 10 –
Ron Glass, actor,
Barney Miller (died 2016)
- July 13 –
Penelope Windust, actress (died 2022)
- July 23 –
Edie McClurg, actress
- July 24 –
Lowell Bergman, producer
- July 26 –
Helen Mirren, actress
- July 31 –
Robin Green, producer
- August 1 -
Laila Morse, actress
- August 2 -
Joanna Cassidy, actress
- August 5 -
Loni Anderson, actress,
WKRP in Cincinnati
- August 14
- August 16 -
Bob Balaban, actor
- August 22
- August 24 –
Vince McMahon, businessman
- September 1
- September 10 –
Dennis Burkley, actor (died 2013)
- September 12 –
Maria Aitken, actress
- September 17 –
Phil Jackson,
NBA basketball player and coach
- September 19 –
Randolph Mantooth, actor,
Emergency!
- September 23 –
Paul Petersen, actor
- September 25 –
Catherine Burns, actress (died 2019)
- October 4 –
Clifton Davis, actor,
That's My Mama,
Amen
- October 5 –
Riaan Cruywagen, South African newsreader
- October 11 –
Dusty Rhodes, pro wrestler in
NWA and
WWE (died 2015)
- October 13 –
Susan Stafford, hostess
- October 18 –
Huell Howser, host of
California's Gold (died 2013)
- October 19 –
John Lithgow, actor,
Third Rock from the Sun
- October 20 –
George Wyner, actor
- October 21 –
Everett McGill, actor,
Twin Peaks
- October 26 –
Jaclyn Smith, actress,
Charlie's Angels
- October 27 –
Carrie Snodgress, actress (died 2004)
- October 30 –
Henry Winkler, actor,
Arthur Fonzarelli on
Happy Days
- October 31 –
Brian Doyle-Murray, actor, comedian,
Saturday Night Live,
SpongeBob SquarePants,
Teamo Supremo,
The Buzz on Maggie,
My Gym Partner's a Monkey,
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack,
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
- November 9 -
Charlie Robinson, actor,
Night Court (died 2021)
- November 15 -
Bob Gunton, actor,
Daredevil
- November 21 –
Goldie Hawn, actress,
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
- November 26 –
Daniel Davis, actor,
The Nanny
- November 27
- December 1 –
Bette Midler, actress, singer
- December 9 –
Michael Nouri, actor
- December 13 -
Kathy Garver, actress,
Family Affair
- December 15 -
Thaao Penghlis, actor,
General Hospital,
Days of Our Lives,
Santa Barbara
- December 17 -
Chris Matthews, talk show host
- December 22 –
Diane Sawyer, television broadcast journalist
- December 25
- December 26 -
John Walsh, television personality,
America's Most Wanted,
The Hunt with John Walsh
- December 27 -
Mark Johnson, television producer
- December 30