Lucy’s character’s name on “I Love Lucy” (CBS, 1951-57) was Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo.
On “The Lucy Show” (CBS, 1962-68) it was Lucy Carmichael.
On “Here’s Lucy” (CBS, 1974) it was Lucy Carter.
Television’s first teen star was Don Hastings, the teenager who played the Video Ranger, sidekick of “Captain Video” (DuMont, 1949-55).
“Dallas” (CBS, 1978-91) was the top-rated TV series in 1980.
Maya Angelou played Nyo Boto in the TV mini-series “Roots” (ABC, 1977).
The Goodwill Games were first held in July 1986, in Moscow. The brainchild of Ted Turner, the games included events such as basketball, boxing, gymnastics, track and field, and wrestling.
The song that made Carol Burnett famous was “I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles,” which she introduced in a New York nightclub in the late 1950s and debuted nationally on “The Tonight Show” with Jack Parr.
Jill Ireland played Spock’s love interest Leila on the “Star Trek” (NBC, 1966-69) episode called “This Side of Paradise”.