June 27, 1904 – Ted Russell, born in Coley’s Point, NL (Town of Bay Roberts) “...has captured outport people in a snapshot that lives in his works. After persuing many fields from teaching to politics, he created the Chronicles of Uncle Mose which took place in the ficticious outport of Pigeon Inlet and performed his stories on CBC radio in the 1950s and 1960s. The six-minute serial, which Russell also read on air in the character of Uncle Mose, ran until 1962, during which time he wrote over 600 scripts. The first drama filmed for Newfoundland television was an adaptation of his play The Holdin' Ground, broadcast by CJON in 1959. Tales of Pigeon Inlet has been produced by CBC TV in Newfoundland in the 1970s, as a television series, and his plays have been performed by local theatre companies, including Rising Tide Theatre.” (http://www.bayroberts.com/pigeoninlet/pitedrussell.htm)

July 17, 1912 - TV Host Art Linkletter is born in Moose Jaw, SK.

Nov. 14, 1915 - Sylvia Lennick, Wayne and Shuster co-star is born.

Sept. 5, 1916 - Frank Shuster born in Toronto.

Aug. 1917 - First show by the Dumbells at Guoy-Servis, Belgium, in the Passchendale combat sector.

1918 - The Dumbells play a four-week engagement at the London Coliseum.

May 18, 1918 - Johnny Wayne is born Louis Weingarten in Toronto.

Nov. 12, 1918 - The day after armistice, the Dumbells perform in Mons, Belgium.

Jan. 13, 1919 -”Grandma Hollywood” Francis Bay, the Marble Rye Lady on Seinfeld, Happy Gilmour’s Grandmother, and Canadian Walk of Fame inductee is born in Winnipeg.

March 8, 1919 - Spring Thaw director Mavor Moore born in Toronto.

Oct. 1, 1919 - The Dumbells revue “Biff, Bing, Bang” opens at the Grand Opera House in London, ON. It later plays a 16-week run at the Grand Theatre in Toronto.