1960s Timeline

Mar. 31, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” a couple tricks Dr. Kimble into helping an injured, hemophiliac young boy whom they have...

Mar. 30, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” for entertainment, a superior alien pits an Earth pair against a Caligo Galaxy pair in a...

Mar. 28, 1964 - Don Dunphy may become the loneliest man in town next September when the “Fight of the Week” is dropped by ABC. He has...

Mar. 26, 1964 - “Sophia Loren in Rome,” a one-hour show in which the Italian actress conducts a tour of the capital city, will be...

Mar. 24, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble’s current boss (Gilbert Roland), a warehouse owner with a terminal disease, wants to...

Mar. 23, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a drifter (Geoffrey Horne, left with Gloria Grahame) enters a lonely house, unaware that...

Mar. 19, 1964 - ABC-TV said today it had abandoned plans to televise a series of Rod Serling fantasy dramas, tentatively titled “Witches,...

Mar. 17, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) runs into Joe Hallop (Tim O’Connor), an old army buddy who saved his...

Mar. 16, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a scientist (Larry Pennell) visits an isolated expedition on a planet plagued by...

Mar. 10, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Steve Edson (Ed Nelson) helps Kimble (David Janssen) escapes from Sheriff Bray (Carroll...

Mar. 10, 1964 - Carolyn Jones, the motion picture actress, and John Astin, who played Dickens in television’s “I’m Dickens, He’s...

Mar. 9, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” while gathering rock samples on the Moon, an American team finds a seamless sphere in which...

Mar. 5, 1964 - Can a movie based on a television series run profitably in theaters while the series is on T.V.? An answer to this will be...

Mar. 3, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) and Sister Veronica (Eileen Heckart) continue their journey, not...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a carnival space ride becomes frighteningly real when an alien birdman secretly rigs it...

Sept. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” one scientist (Robert Culp) from a group of ten is chosen to undergo a painful and...

Sept. 24, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” a habitually lying girl (Gina Gillespie, right) falsely accuses fugitive Richard Kimble...

Sept. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” during a U.S. presidential campaign, candidate William Lyons Selby (Sidney Blackmer,...

Sept. 17, 1963 - Tonight on “Combat,” a bitter demolition sergeant (Lee Marvin) escorted by Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow) to blow up a...

Sept. 17, 1963 - Tonight marks the series premiere of “The Fugitive,” an hour-long crime drama created by Roy Huggins. David Janssen...