March 26, 1950 - Martin Short of SCTV born.

June 19, 1950 - Rosie Shuster, daughter of Frank Shuster and Emmy Award winning TV writer born in Toronto.

Aug. 10, 1950 - Comic actor Remy Girard born in Jonquiere, QC.

Oct. 31, 1950 - John Candy born in Newmarket, ON.

1951 - Fiona Reid, Cathy King on King of Kensington, born.

June 4, 1951 - Derek McGrath of Cheers and Little Mosque fame, born.

May 13, 1952 - Mary Walsh born in St. John’s, NL.

July 1, 1952 - Dan Aykroyd born in Ottawa.

July 22, 1952 - Graham Greene born Six Nations Reserve, ON.

Sept. 6, 1952 - First day of French language television broadcasting on the CBC.

Sept. 8, 1952 - First day of English television broadcasting by the CBC. One of the days performers was Don Harron, who followed a bald puppett named Uncle Chichmus.

Dec. 28, 1952 - Stand-Up Marty Hannenberg born in Ottawa.

Jan. 2, 1953 - Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth’s show “After Hours” makes it debut on CBC.

April 18, 1953 - SCTV’s Rick Moranis born.

Sept. 30, 1953 - Adrian Truss of Illustrated Men born.

March 4, 1954 - SCTV’s Catherine O’Hara born in Toronto.

March 13, 1954 - SCTV and SNL’s Robin Duke born.

March 31, 1954 - “The Hero of Mariposa”, Mavor Moore’s adaptation of Leacock’s “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”, airs on CBC radio.

Dec. 26, 1954 - SCTV and SNL’s Tony Rosato born.

April 5, 1955 - Cathy Jones born in St. John’s, NL.

Nov. 29, 1955 - Howie Mandel born.

March 8, 1956 - John Kapelos, best known as Carl the Janitor in the “Breakfast Club” born.

April 18, 1956 - Writer Marjorie Gross born in Toronto.

July 3, 1956 - Stand-up Rick Ducummon born in Prince Albert, SK.

April 19, 1957 - Al Plunkett, original member of the Dumbells, passes away.

June 12, 1957 - Mike Bullard born in Etobicoke, ON.

July 3, 1957 - CODCO’s Tommy Sexton is born in St. John’s.

Oct. 29, 1957 - Movie mogul Louis B. Mayer of Saint John, NB., passes away.

Nov. 30, 1957 - Improv master Colin Mochrie born.

Jan. 31, 1958 - Ron James born.

March 30, 1958 - Impressionist Maurice LaMarche born.

April 15, 1958 - Edmonton’s Wendel Meldrum of Seinfeld and Less Than Kind born.

May 4, 1958 - Wayne and Shuster perform classic “Blood On My Toga” on their Ed Sullivan Show debut. It is the first of their record 67 appearances.

Sept. 16, 1958 - Jennifer Tilly born.

Dec. 8, 1958 - Cap'n Dave Somers born.

Jan. 28, 1959 - Stand-up Colin Campbell born in Calgary.

April 6, 1959 - Montreal’s Mort Sahl is one of the hosts of the Academy Awards, where London’s Jack Warner is bestowed with the Irving Thalberg Award.

April 30, 1959 - Paul Gross born in Calgary.

May 1, 1959 - Mort Sahl hosts the first ever Grammy Awards.

June 12, 1959 - Scott Thompson of Kids In The Hall born in North Bay, ON.

June 26, 1959 - Mark McKinney of Kids In The Hall born in Ottawa, ON.

June 29, 1959 - Actress Kate Lynch, of “Meatballs” fame, is born.

Sept, 16, 1959 - Peter Keleghan of the Newsroom and Made in Canada born.

Sept. 18, 1959 - Andy Nulman of Just For Laughs is born.