In History – TV Game Show Scandal Investigation begins

TODAY IN HISTORY - August 18th:

1931 - Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game
1958 - TV game show scandal investigation starts.  (To see more about the scandal, who was involved and how game shows were changed, click here:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pioneers-of-television/pioneering-programs/game-shows/ )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1920 - Shelley Winters, St Louis Missouri, actress  (d. 2006)
1936 - Robert Redford, Santa Monica California, American actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby)
1940 - Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo)
1943 - Martin Mull, Chicago Illinois, actor/comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial)
1958 - Madeleine Stowe, Los Angeles California, actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls)
1971 - Jada Pinkett, actress (Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society)
2013 - Actress Rosanna Arquette (54) weds investment banker Todd Morgan at a private ceremony in Malibu, California

For more historical events that happened this date, visit:  http://www.historyorb.com/day/august/18

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