January
03 - Queen For a Day premieres (1956) [Jack Bailey]
03 - Jay Wolpert's first solo-produced show premieres (1983) [Hit Man]
04 - College Bowl premieres (1959) [Allen Ludden]
06 - Wheel of Fortune premieres (1975) [Chuck Woolery]
08 - Bob Eubanks' birthday (1937) [host, The Newlywed Game]
08 - Soupy Sales' birthday (1926) [frequent guest]
09 - Dick Enberg's birthday (1935) [host, Sports Challenge]
09 - Paul Lynde dies (1982) [frequent guest]
13 - Charles Nelson Reilly's birthday (1931) [frequent guest]
13 - Rip Taylor's birthday (1930) [guest; host, $1.98 Beauty Show]
17 - Betty White's birthday (1924) [guest; host, Just Men]
20 - Arte Johnson's birthday (1929) [frequent guest]
24 - Mark Goodson's birthday [prolific producer]
30 - Dick Martin's birthday (1922) [guest; host, The Cheap Show]
31 - Garry Moore was born (1915) [host, I've Got a Secret]

February
02 - What's My Line? premieres (1950) [John Daly]
15 - Geoff Edwards' birthday (19??) [host, Treasure Hunt]
18 - Bill Cullen was born (1920) [host, The Price is Right]
18 - Vanna White's birthday (1957) [letter-toucher, Wheel of Fortune]
18 - Tattletales premieres (1974) [Bert Convy]
22 - Don Pardo's birthday [announcer, The Price is Right]
26 - Tom Kennedy's birthday (1927) [host, Name That Tune]

March
01 - Alan Thicke's birthday (1947) [theme composer; host, Pictionary]
06 - Ed McMahon's birthday (1923) [announcer; host, Snap Judgement]
16 - Chuck Woolery's birthday (1941) [host, Scrabble]
17 - Fred Allen dies (1956) [host, Judge For Yourself]
20 - Jack Barry was born (1918) [producer; host, The Joker's Wild]
23 - Beat the Clock premieres (1950) [Bud Collyer]
26 - Vicki Lawrence's birthday (1949) [guest; host, Win, Lose or Draw]
26 - The $10,000 Pyramid premieres (1973) [Dick Clark]
30 - Peter Marshall's birthday (1927) [host, The Hollywood Squares]
30 - Jeopardy! premieres (1964) [Art Fleming]
31 - Henry Morgan was born (1915) [frequent guest]

April
03 - Ray Combs was born (1956) [host, Family Feud]
09 - The Price is Right's 5000th show airs (1998) [Bob Barker]
12 - David Letterman's birthday (1947) [frequent guest]
18 - Game Show Network regains the Goodson-Todman library (1998)
24 - Card Sharks premieres (1978) [Jim Perry]
25 - Art Fleming dies (1995) [host, Jeopardy!]

May
01 - Art Fleming was born (1924) [host, Jeopardy!]
02 - Jack Barry dies (1984) [producer; host, The Joker's Wild]
04 - Classic Concentration premieres (1987) [Alex Trebek]
10 - Gary Owens' birthday (1936) [announcer; host, The Gong Show]
19 - Henry Morgan dies (1994) [frequent guest]
21 - Peggy Cass' birthday (1924) [frequent guest]
29 - both Dennis James [host, Cash and Carry] and George Fenneman [announcer; host, Anybody Can Play] die (1997)
31 - Fred Allen was born (1894) [host, Judge For Yourself]

June
02 - Chuck Barris' birthday (1929) [producer; host, The Gong Show]
02 - Ray Combs dies (1996) [host, Family Feud]
07 - The $64,000 Question premieres (1955) [Hal March]
07 - Bill Rafferty's birthday (1944) [host, Card Sharks]
07 - the Family Channel begins airing game shows (1993)
08 - Michael Larson's $110,237 romp on Press Your Luck airs (1984; also 6/11)
09 - Allen Ludden dies (1981) [host, Password]
10 - Michael Burger's birthday (19??) [host, Match Game]
13 - Ralph Edwards' birthday (1913) [producer, Truth or Consequences]
13 - Paul Lynde was born (1926) [frequent guest]
14 - The Gong Show premieres (1976) [Chuck Barris]
19 - I've Got a Secret premieres (1952) [Garry Moore]
20 - the very first game show airs on network TV (1946) [DuMont, Cash and Carry]
20 - NBC axes several game shows, including Chain Reaction and High Rollers (several of these were replaced by The David Letterman Morning Show) (1980)
21 - Ron Ely's birthday (1938) [host, Face the Music]
23 - Bert Convy was born (1933) [host, Super Password]
23 - "Palisades Park," written by Chuck Barris, sung by Freddy Cannon, hits #3 on the Billboard charts on the Swan label (1962)
27 - the final network game show to be produced in New York airs (1980) [ABC, The $20,000 Pyramid finale]

July
01 - the very first game show airs on TV (1941) [NBC, Uncle Jim's Question Bee]
01 - Mark Goodson's first show premieres (1948) [CBS, Winner Take All]
01 - Jamie Farr's birthday (1934) [frequent guest]
01 - High Rollers premieres (1974) [Alex Trebek]
02 - Scrabble premieres (1984) [Chuck Woolery]
03 - Pantomime Quiz premieres (1950) [Mike Stokey]
03 - Tic Tac Dough premieres (1978) [Wink Martindale]
06 - Merv Griffin's birthday (1925) [creator; host]
06 - Name That Tune premieres (1953) [Red Benson]
07 - Bill Cullen dies (1990) [host, The Price is Right]
08 - Janice Pennington's birthday (1942) [model, The Price is Right]
09 - Allen Ludden dies (1981) [host, Password]
11 - The Newlywed Game premieres (1966)
12 - Family Feud premieres (1976) [Richard Dawson]
14 - Masquerade Party premieres (1952)
15 - Bert Convy dies (1991) [host, Tattletales]
17 - Art Linkletter's birthday (1912) [host, People Are Funny]
22 - Alex Trebek's birthday (1942) [host, Jeopardy!]
22 - Orson Bean's birthday (1928) [frequent guest]
31 - Bill Todman was born (19??) [producer]
31 - Bobby Van dies (1980) [host, Showoffs]

August
15 - Jim Lange's birthday (19??) [host, The Dating Game]
24 - Dennis James was born (1917) [host, Cash and Carry]
25 - Monty Hall's birthday (1923) [host, Let's Make a Deal]
25 - Concentration premieres (1958) [Hugh Downs]
31 - Buddy Hackett's birthday (1924) [frequent guest]

September
04 - Gambit premieres (1972) [Wink Martindale]
04 - The Joker's Wild premieres (1972) [Jack Barry]
04 - The Price is Right premieres (1972) [Bob Barker]
06 - Jo Anne Worley's birthday (1937) [frequent guest]
07 - Truth or Consequences premieres (1950) [Ralph Edwards]
09 - Fannie Flagg's birthday (1944) [frequent guest]
14 - Jon Bauman's birthday (1947) [host, The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour]
19 - Press Your Luck premieres (1983) [Peter Tomarken]
24 - "Black Denim Trousers," sung in part by Bert Convy (then with The Cheers), hits #6 on the Billboard charts on the Capitol label (1955)
27 - Jayne Meadows' birthday (1926) [frequent guest]
29 - Sale of the Century premieres (1969) [Jack Kelly]
30 - the CBN cable channel begins airing game shows (1985) [Go!]

October
01 - the USA cable channel begins airing game shows (1984) [The Gong Show]
02 - Groucho Marx was born (1890) [host, You Bet Your Life]
02 - Password premieres (1961) [Allen Ludden]
05 - Allen Ludden was born (1919) [host, Password]
05 - You Bet Your Life premieres (1950) [Groucho Marx]
06 - Nickelodeon's first game show, Double Dare, premieres (1986) [Marc Summers]
11 - Game Show Network loses rights to show G-T programming (1997)
12 - Johnny Olson dies (1985) [announcer, What's My Line?]
13 - Nipsey Russell's birthday (1924) [guest; host, Your Number's Up]
16 - The Hollywood Squares premieres (1966) [Peter Marshall]
20 - Arlene Francis' birthday (1908) [frequent guest]
23 - Johnny Carson's birthday (1925) [host, Who Do You Trust?]
26 - Pat Sajak's birthday (1947) [host, Wheel of Fortune]
26 - Bob Cobert's birthday (1924) [composer, Pyramid]
26 - "Naturally Stoned," written by Chuck Woolery and sung by The Avant-Garde, hits #40 on the Billboard charts on the Columbia label (1968)

November
02 - "Deck of Cards," by Wink Martindale, hits #7 on the Billboard charts on the Dot label (1959)
04 - Markie Post's birthday (1950) [frequent guest; Card Sharks dealer; assoc. producer Double Dare]
04 - Loretta Swit's birthday (1937) [frequent guest]
13 - Jack Narz's birthday (1922) [host, Now You See It]
20 - Richard Dawson's birthday (1932) [host, Family Feud]
24 - Doug Davidson's birthday (1956) [host, The Nighttime Price is Right ('94)]
26 - The Price is Right premieres (1956) [Bill Cullen]
28 - Garry Moore dies (1993) [host, I've Got A Secret]
30 - Dick Clark's birthday (1929) [host, The $10,000 Pyramid]
30 - Dian Parkinson's birthday (1951) [model, The Price is Right]

December
01 - Game Show Network debuts (1994)
01 - Bob Goen's birthday (1954) [host, Blackout]
03 - Jaye P. Morgan's birthday (1931) [frequent guest]
04 - Wink Martindale's birthday (1934) [host, Tic Tac Dough]
06 - Bobby Van was born (1930) [host, Showoffs]
07 - Peter Tomarken's birthday (1942) [host, Press Your Luck]
07 - MTV's first game show, Remote Control, premieres (1987) [Ken Ober]
12 - Bob Barker's birthday (1923) [host, The Price is Right]
13 - John Davidson's birthday (1941) [host, The Hollywood Squares]
18 - To Tell the Truth premieres (1956) [Bud Collyer]
19 - Elaine Joyce's birthday (1945) [frequent guest]
20 - The Dating Game premieres (1965) [Jim Lange]
22 - Gene Rayburn's birthday (1917) [host, Match Game]
26 - Steve Allen's birthday (1921) [panelist; host, I've Got a Secret]
30 - Let's Make a Deal premieres (1963) [Monty Hall]
30 - Bert Parks was born (1914) [host, Masquerade Party]
31 - Match Game premieres (1962) [Gene Rayburn]