1940 - W2XBS-TV in New York City aired the first televised opera as it presented scenes from "I Pagliacci". 1956 - Julie Andrews at the age of 23 made her TV debut in "High Tor" with Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson. 1965 - Walter Matthau and Art Carney opened in "The Odd Couple". It later became a hit on television. 1978 - CBS began airing the series "The Incredible Hulk." 1997 - The series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" began airing. 2001 - The 500th episode of "Saturday Night Live" aired on NBC. 2002 - CBS aired a two-hour documentary on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. 2002 - ESPN aired "A Season on the Brink." It was the first original motion picture by ESPN. The movie was about Bobby Knight. © On-This-Day.com