“ER” went live tonight in 1997. NBC’s huge hit took advantage of its popularity and started its fourth season with a live episode. The cast and crew performed the show twice, one for the eastern, central and mountain time zones and then another one for the west coast. The first bit of medical jargon mumbo jumbo uttered on the show was delivered by non-other than my brother, J.P. Hubbell, playing EMT Lars Audia. Not given a face by tv.com, we’ll give him one here:

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism was founded 100 years ago today. The school was started by Joseph Pulitzer and it administers the Pulitzer Prizes each year. (Does that make the six Pulitzer winner’s who graduated from Columbia’s awards suspect? We should get another alum, Geraldo Rivera on that).

Two acts about as far apart musically as possible made news on September 25, 1970. ABC debuted “The Partridge Family” and Janis Joplin recorded this song.

It was on this day in 1974 that Dr. Frank Jobe took a tendon from Tommy John’s right forearm and inserted it into his left elbow. John would go on to get over half of his 288 career wins after an elbow surgery that would have ended his career before the development of ligament reconstructive surgery.

Barbara Walters turns 83 years old today, Heather Locklear 51, Bill Simmons 43 and in sickeningly cute couple news, both Michael Douglas (68) and his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones (43) celebrate today.

We’ll save the birthday picture for this woman, who was born today in 1947. She was 31 when this photo ran in Sports Illustrated. I was 13 and, um… captivated:

— Bill Hubbell