On This Day – 31st CMA Awards

ON THIS DAY - September 24th:

1968 - "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV
1977 - 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV

1997 - 31st Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks "Entertainer Of Year", Trisha Yearwood "Female Vocalist of Year" & George Strait "Male Vocalist Of Year" & "Album Of Year" for "Carrying Your Love With Me", Tim & Faith "Vocal Event Of Year" for "It's Your Love"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby), (d. 1940)
1936 - Jim Henson, Greenville Miss, muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), (d. 1990)
1948 - Phil Hartman, Brantford Ontario, actor (SNL, Peewee's Playhouse)
2005 - "30 Minute Meals" TV host Rachael Ray (37) weds "The Cringe" lead singer John Cusimano in Montalcino, Italy

GOODBYE TO:

1991 - Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss), children's author, dies of cancer at 87

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