1960s Timeline

Mar. 28, 1964 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” childless and poor, farmer Caleb (John Dehner) feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he...

Mar. 27, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” in a small town where an execution is scheduled to place, the sun does not rise. Soon,...

Mar. 20, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” wealthy Jason Foster (Robert Keith) is dying. He invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras...

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

Mar. 13, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” cheating husband Joe Britt (William Demarest) sees his indiscretions shown on his own...

Mar. 9, 1964 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Andy takes a much-needed vacation, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge. Unfortunately,...

Mar. 6, 1964 — Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a struggling actor (John Cassavetes) auditioning in London learns that his...

Mar. 6, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a reporter (Lee Philips) interviews beautiful actress Pamela Morris (Ann Blyth, pictured)....

Mar. 4, 1964 - The combination of a boy and a dog, which has made “Lassie” a television hit for 10 years, will be broken up at the end of...

Mar. 3, 1964 - Lucille Ball, who recently announced that she would not continue “The Lucy Show” next season, was reported today to have...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Alfred Hitchcock (pictured with Sean Connery on the set of “Marnie”), whose television future had been in doubt, will...

Mar. 2, 1964 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Ben Weaver (Tol Avery) complains that merchandise has been disappearing from his...

Sept. 30, 1963 - On tonight’s season premiere of “The Andy Griffith Show,” after Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new...

Sept. 28, 1963 - There are any number of actors who indulge in idealistic talk but fail to live up to their rhetoric. George C. Scott...

Sept. 27, 1963 - On tonight’s season premiere of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a patient at a mental hospital (Ray Milland) kills the head...

Sept. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a world-weary bookie (Jack Klugman) who learns that his grown soldier son Pip is dying...

Sept. 24, 1963 - Tonight marks the series premiere of “Petticoat Junction,” a half-hour situation comedy airing at 9:30 p.m. on CBS. The...

Sept. 23, 1963 - Tonight marks the series premiere of “East Side/West Side,” a drama starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, and...

Sept. 12, 1963 - Joan Crawford will make her debut in filmed television in Herbert B. Leonard’s “Route 66,” guest-starring in an episode...

Sept. 6, 1963 - Margarita Sierra, 25, one of the stars of the ABC-TV series “Surfside 6,” died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Hollywood...