Events in Film & TV
- 1930-07-30 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1911-08-05 Robert Taylor, American actor (Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis, Death Valley Days), born in Filley, Nebraska (d. 1969)
- 1923-07-14 Dale Robertson, American actor (Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Iron Horse), born in Harrah, Oklahoma (d. 2013)
Merle Haggard (1937-2016)
1937-04-06 American country singer-songwriter ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from Muskogee"), born in Oildale, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1969-06-08 Robert Taylor, American actor (Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis, Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57
- 1991-08-28 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
- 2013-02-27 Dale Robertson, American actor (Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Iron Horse), dies at 89
Merle Haggard (1937-2016)
2016-04-06 American country singer-songwriter ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from Muskogee"), dies on his 79th birthday