Events in Film & TV
- 1982-09-29 Situation comedy "Cheers" premieres on NBC-TV, starring Ted Danson and Shelley Long
- 1983-09-25 35th Emmy Awards: "Hill Street Blues", "Cheers", Ed Flanders & Shelley Long win
- 1984-09-23 36th Emmy Awards: "Hill Street Blues"; "Cheers": John Ritter & Tyne Daly win
- 1987-05-07 Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on TV comedy "Cheers"
- 1989-09-17 41st Emmy Awards: "LA Law", "Cheers", Dana Delany & Candice Bergen win
Film & TV History
1990-05-17 "Cheers" star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
- 1991-08-25 43rd Emmy Awards: "LA Law", "Cheers", Kirstie Alley & Patricia Wettig win
- 1992-12-08 NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May 1993
- 1993-05-20 274th & final "Cheers" episode airs on NBC
- 1993-06-28 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Netherlands
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1923-02-15 Keene Curtis, American character actor (The Rothschilds, Cheers, Amanda's), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2002)
- 1924-01-19 Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (Cheers - "Coach"; Family Plot; The Counterfeit Killer), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
- 1930-01-13 Frances Sternhagen, American actress (The Mist, Cheers, Outland, Starting Over), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1940-07-24 Dan Hedaya, American actor (Cheers, Marvin's Room, Clueless), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1940-12-30 James Burrows, AmericanTV producer and director (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Cheers), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1944-05-05 Roger Rees, Welsh Tony winning stage and screen actor (Cheers - "Robin Colcord"), born in Aberystwyth (d. 2015)
- 1947-04-06 John Ratzenberger, American actor (Cheers -"Cliff Clavin"; Toy Story; Ghandi), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
- 1947-12-29 Ted Danson, American actor (Cheers -"Sam"; 3 Men & A Baby: CSI; The Good Place), born in San Diego, California
- 1948-03-31 Rhea Perlman, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Taxi - "Zena"; Cheers - "Carla"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1948-07-12 Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American disc jockey, comedian, and actor (Cheers; Murphy Brown), born in Kermit, Texas (d. 2017)
- 1948-10-17 George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1949-08-23 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- 1951-01-12 Kirstie Alley, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Cheers - "Rebecca"; Look Who's Talking; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2022) [1]
Kelsey Grammer (68 years old)
1955-02-21 American actor, comedian, director and activist ("Frasier Crane" in Cheers and Fraiser), born in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
- 1959-12-31 Bebe Neuwirth, American stage and screen actress (Chicago; Cheers & Fraser - "Lilith"; Damn Yankees), born in Princeton, New Jersey
Woody Harrelson (61 years old)
1961-07-23 American actor (Woody Boyd in Cheers), born in Midland, Texas
Weddings in Film & TV
- 1995-10-07 "Cheers" actor Ted Danson (47) weds Academy Award-winning actress Mary Steenbergen (42)
Woody Harrelson
2008-12-28 "Cheers" actor Woody Harrelson (47) weds longtime girlfriend Laura Louie (43) in Maui Island, Hawaii
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1985-02-12 Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (Cheers - "Coach"; Family Plot; The Counterfeit Killer), dies of a heart attack at 61
- 2002-10-13 Keene Curtis, American character actor (The Rothschilds, Cheers, Amanda's), dies at 79
- 2015-07-10 Roger Rees, Welsh Tony winning stage and screen actor (Cheers - "Robin Colcord"), dies of brain cancer at 71
- 2017-08-24 Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American actor and comedian (Cheers, Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 69
- 2022-12-05 Kirstie Alley, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Cheers - "Rebecca"; Look Who's Talking; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), dies of colon cancer at 71 [1]