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Johnny was born October 3rd in Corning, Iowa.
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Joe was born March 9th in Bronx, New York.
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Larry King was born on November 19th in Brooklyn, New York.
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He was given his own show, which debuted on August 1, 1949. The Johnny Carson Show went on the air for forty-five minutes in the morning.
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Phil was born on September 1st 1950 in Vinita, Oklahoma.
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Marilyn Monroe was a guest on Franklin's show and later they co-authored the "Marilyn Monroe Story."
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Oprah was born January 29th in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
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The "Tonight Show," with host Steve Allen, premieres on NBC.
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Whoopi's real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson. She was born on November 13th in Chelsea, New York.
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After changing last name from Zeiger to King, he begins a radio career as a disc jockey at WAHR-AM in Miami.
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Ellen was born January 26th in Metairie, LA.
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The Tonight Show staring Johnny Carson began on October 1st.
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Oprah changed the face of the publishing industry with the debut of her immensely popular book club. Winfrey’s picks have historically gone on to receive incredible acclaim following her stamp of approval.
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Financier Lou Wolfson gave King $5,000 to give to Jim Garrison, who was involved in the Kennedy assassination investigation. King allegedly spent the money paying his back taxes and was arrested for grand larceny.
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Rachel was born on April 1st Castro Valley, California.
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"Tonight" wins the first of its four Emmys under Carson.
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Ellen Degeneres had an interview with Oprah, telling her she was gay.
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Was moved from news anchor to the WJZ-TV morning talk show host of People are Talking with Richard Sher Also hosted the local version of 'Dialing for Dollars'
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January 2: First episode of A.M. Chicago. Show was extremely successful in the ratings
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Larry King Live debut was on June 3rd, 1985.
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On this day in 1986, The Oprah Winfrey Show is broadcast nationally for the first time. A huge success, her daytime television talk show turns Winfrey into one of the most powerful, wealthy people in show business and, arguably, the most influential woman in America.
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The Oprah Winfrey show first debut was on September 8th, 1986.
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In 1988 Winfrey founded Chicago-based Harpo Productions, becoming only the third woman in American entertainment to own her own production facility; Harpo’s acquisition the same year of the “Oprah Winfrey Show” made her the first woman to own and produce her own talk show.
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In 1989, he founded a company called Courtroom Sciences. The venture helped trial lawyers build cases via mock trials, behavioral analysis, jury selection and mediation.
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After hosting The Tonight Show 4,531 times for millions of people over thirty years, Carson decided to retire from the show. On Friday, May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson did his famous golf swing for the last time.
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"Larry King Live Election Coverage 1992" wins a Peabody Award.
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Best Foreign TV Personality - Female
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Maddow became an activist for the SIDS organization ACT UP. She won an award for her volunteer work, making her the first openly gay U.S Resident to win the award.
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In 1997, she came out as gay, and became a staunch advocate of LGBT rights.
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In 1997, Franklin starred in the documentary film "50,000,000 Joe Franklin Fans Can't Be Wrong", directed by Joshua Brown.
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After helping her win the case in 1998, Dr. Phil became a regular expert on Oprah, dealing with life strategies and relationships.
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Wins a News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Interview/Interviewer for the show with Karla Faye Tucker.
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In 1999, Joe Franklin joined Riese Restaurants to open "Joe Franklin's Memory Lane Restaurant" in Manhattan's Theater District.
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Oprah won Outstanding Talk Show
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The Dr. Phil show began on September 16th, 2002.
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In 2002 he donated seventy-five thousand dollars to build a skateboard park in his hometown of Corning, Iowa. Many people think that every host of late-night television has a show today because of what Johnny Carson accomplished.
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Ellen's show began on September 8th, 2003.
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Johnny died on January 23rd from emphysema.
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She was tapped to host the Grammys in 1996 and 1997; the Primetime Emmys in 2001 and 2005; and the Academy Awards in 2007 and 2014.
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In September 2007, Whoopi became a co-host to the new talk show the host.
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In January 2008, Maddow signed an exclusive contract with MSNBC as the broadcasting station’s political analyst. That September the launch of her nightly cable television program, also called The Rachel Maddow Show, marked MSNBC’s most successful show debut to date.
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Whoopi began her own show, Wake Up with Whoopi. It was a morning radio and talk entertainment show. The show only lasted a year.
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Her first show began on September 8th, 2008.
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Washington Post named her "Breakout Star of 2008." In 2010 she won a Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award for her documentary The Assassination of Dr. Tiller. The documentary also earned her a 2011 Gracie Award.
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Female Icon of Humanitarian Activism
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DeGeneres is also the author of several books, including My Point ... and I Do Have One (1995), Seriously ... I'm Kidding (2011), and Home (2015).
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Oprah ended her show on May 25th, 2011.
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Dr. Phil is the author of several New York Times best-sellers. His most recent book, The 20/20 Diet: Turn Your Weight Loss Vision Into Reality, was released in 2014.
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Joe died on January 24th due to cancer.
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That November DeGeneres received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama for her contribution to the arts.
