Friday, May 9, 2025
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1971 - In Los Angeles, California, the 23rd Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Johnny Carson.- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Hal Holbrook for The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: George C. Scott for "The Price" of ITV Saturday Night Theatre
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Jack Klugman for The Odd Couple
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Susan Hampshire for The First Churchills
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Jean Stapleton for All in the Family
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Lee Grant for The Neon Ceiling
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Edward Asner for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama: David Burns for "The Price" of ITV Saturday Night Theatre
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Valerie Harper for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama: Margaret Leighton for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Jay Sandrich for episode "Toulouse Lautrec Is One Of My Favorite Artists" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork: Gordon Baird, Tom Ancell, Rick Bennewitz, Larry Bentley, and Jack Reader for The Andersonville Trial
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program: Dominic Frontiere for Swing Out, Sweet Land
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Mark Warren for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program: Fielder Cook for "The Price" of ITV Saturday Night Theatre
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: Daryl Duke for episode "The Day the Lion Died" of The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction: John Rook for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Sterling Johnson for Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay: Tracy Keenan Wynn and Marvin Schwartz for Tribes
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Bob Ellison and Marty Farrell for Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation: Saul Levitt for The Andersonville Trial
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: James L. Brooks and Allan Burns for episode "Support Your Local Mother" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music: Herbert Baker, Hal Goodman, Larry Klein, Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller, Norman Steinberg, and Flip Wilson for The Flip Wilson Show
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Joel Oliansky for episode "To Taste of Death But Once" of The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Larry Travis for "Los Angeles Earthquake: Sylmar V.A. Hospital" of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program: Peter Roden for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design: Martin Baugh and David Walker for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing: Theodore Soderberg for Tribes
- Outstanding Achievement in Live or Tape Sound Mixing: Henry Bird for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Michael Economou for episode "A Continual Roar of Musketry" of The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing: Marco Zappia for Hee Haw
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing: Don Hall, Jack Jackson, Bob Weatherford, and Dick Jensen for Tribes
- Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music: Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program: Walter Scharf for episode "The Tragedy of The Red Salmon" of The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
- Outstanding Variety Series - Musical: The Flip Wilson Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (First Year of Music's Use Only): David Rose for episode "The Love Child" of Bonanza
- Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Classicial Music: "Leopold Stokowski" of NET Festival
- Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Documentary Programming - Programs: Robert Hughes for Arthur Penn, 1922-: Themes and Variants and Ronald Priessman for Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Programs: Disneyland
- Outstanding Series - Comedy: All in the Family
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs: Sesame Street
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Individuals: Harvey Korman for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs: Stuart Schulberg for Today
- Outstanding New Series: All in the Family
- Outstanding Series - Drama: The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Variety Series - Talk: The David Frost Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Ernie Flatt for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy: The Andersonville Trial
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Individuals: Burr Tillstrom for Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television: Robert E. Collins for Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley
1974 - House Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on President Richard Nixon impeachment.
1978 - Musical Ain't Misbehavin' opens at Longacre Theater in New York City for 1604 performances.
1979 - US and USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons.
1980 - In Florida, Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, sending 35 people to death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
1983 - 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson win.
1997 - First US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam.
2007 - Subtropical storm Andrea forms off the coast of Florida, the earliest subtropical storm since Ana in 2003.