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September 5th

September 5th in TV History

Birthdays

Bob Newhart

1929 in Oak Park, IL

- The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart

Deaths

Hugh O'Brian

2016 in Beverly Hills, CA

TV Episode Debuts

Gunsmoke	"Target"	1959
Doctor Who	"A Bargain of Necessity (The Reign of Terror, Part Five)"	1964
Laverne & Shirley	"Festival (1)"	1978

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