1998 Death Phil Hartman, comic, Saturday Night Live, dies at 49 1994 Event Baseball Night in America premieres, no Saturday day games 1994 Death Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at 44 1992 Event NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres 1991 Death Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80 1991 Death Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer 1990 Death Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at 75 1990 Event 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) 1990 Event Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting 1989 Event Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live 1987 Event Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday and Saturday with Gary Hart 1986 Event 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts) 1984 Event Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live 1982 Event Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live 1980 Event Paul and Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live 1978 Death Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84 1978 Event Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks 1977 Event "Saturday Night Fever,"starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City 1977 Event Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live" 1976 Event George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live 1975 Event 1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay - Richard Pryor as host 1975 Event "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin 1975 Event Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host 1974 Birthday Jimmy Fallon, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, actor, television host of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon', appeared on 'Saturday Night Live' television show 1974 Death Stewart Alsop, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek, dies 1971 Event CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts 1971 Death Bill Stern, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64 1971 Birthday Amy Poehler, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actress, comedienne, appeared in 'Saturday Night Live' 2001 - 2008, appeared in films, 'Bay Mama', 'Mean Girls' 1971 Death Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68 1970 Birthday Tina Fey, born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, actress, writer, producer, Emmy Award winner, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', '30 Rock' television shows 1969 Event Last edition of Saturday Evening Post 1967 Birthday Will Ferrell, born in Irvine, California, actor, writer, cast member, 'Saturday Night Live', starred in films, 'Elf', 'Archorman', 'Talladega Nights', 'Blades of Glory' 1967 Birthday Ana Gasteyer, born in Washington, D.C., actress, comedienne, appeared in 'Saturday Night Live' television show, appeared in 'Mean Girls' film and 'Wicked' musical 1966 Birthday Nan Woods, actress, 1 More Saturday Night 1965 Birthday Ellen Cleghorne, comedienne, Saturday Night Live 1965 Birthday Rob Schneider, actor, Saturday Night Live, Men Behaving Badly 1964 Birthday Chip Foster, actor, Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday 1964 Birthday Pepper Foster, actress, Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday 1963 Event American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday 1962 Event Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba 1961 Birthday Harry Enfield, comedian, Dermot-Men Behaving Badly, Saturday Live 1961 Birthday Tim Meadows, born in Highland Park, Michigan, actor, comedian, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', films include, 'Coneheads', Wayne's World 2', 'Mean Girls' 1959 Birthday Colin Quinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', host of 'Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn' 1957 Event Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery 1957 Event Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million 1957 Event Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temp halted 1954 Birthday David Paymer, actor, Love Mary, Mr. Saturday Night 1953 Birthday Hal Ketchum, born in Greenwich, New York, country singer, Small Town Saturday Night 1953 Birthday Alexander O'Neal, born in Natchez, Mississippi, singer, rhythm and blues genre, successful songs include 'Saturday Love', Never Knew Love Like This' and 'Fake' 1952 Event King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] 1952 Birthday Laraine Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, comedienne and actress on Saturday Night Live 1950 Event ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch) 1943 Birthday Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1941 Birthday Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1934 Birthday Robert Stigwood, producer, Saturday Night Fever, Grease 1929 Birthday Severn Darden, actor, Luv, President's Analyst, Saturday the 14th 1927 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in New York City 1916 Event Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting 1914 Birthday Stewart Alsop, born in Avon, Connecticut, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek 1912 Birthday Norman Cousins, editor, Saturday Review 1907 Birthday Bill Stern, born in Rochester, New York, sportscaster, Saturday Night Fights 1902 Birthday Kermit Maynard, Vevey, Indiana, cowboy actor, Saturday Roundup 1872 Birthday Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit, Saturday Review 1821 Event 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969)
