November 21, 1980 –
In what was one of the most-watched TV cliffhangers in television history, 350 million viewers worldwide tuned into the television series Dallas to find out who had shot J.R. Ewing at the end of the show’s previous season.
As it turned out, he was shot by his wife’s sister, who also was his former mistress, Kristin Shepard.
The Haus of Dcaligari 