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What happened in history on this day: October 5?
On October 5 in ...
- 1950 - NBC-TV debuts the game show You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx.
- 1960 - ABC airs the last Naked City TV show.
- 1961 - CBS premieres The Bob Cummings Show, a 30-minute comedy show.
- 1963 - ABC TV debuts cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- 1969 - The NET TV network airs the first The Forsyte Saga 60-minute serial TV show in the USA.
- 1970 - NET (National Education Television) in the US changes name to the Public Broadcast System (PBS) TV network.
- 1972 - CBC TV debuts consumer-friendly TV show Market Place in Canada.
- 2008 - Animated TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts in the USA.
Births on October 5
- 1864 - Birth of Louis Lumière; with brother Auguste made first motion picture in 1895.
- 1904 - Birth of John Hoyt in Bronxville, New York, USA; actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary).
- 1919 - Birth of Donald Pleasence in Worksop, England; actor (Fantastic Voyage, Halloween).
- 1923 - Birth of Glynis Johns in Pretoria, South Africa; actress (Mary Poppins).
- 1924 - Birth of Bill Dana in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA; comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez).
- 1925 - Birth of Gail Davis in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actress (Annie Oakley).
- 1930 - Birth of Skip Homeier in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Beachhead, Dakota Incident).
- 1933 - Birth of Diane Cilento in Australia; actress (Agony and Ecstasy, Wicker Man).
- 1935 - Birth of Peter Brown in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lawman, Laredo, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1948 - Birth of Sal Viscuso in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Soap, Montefuscos).
- 1950 - Birth of Jeff Conway in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bobby - Taxi).
- 1951 - Birth of Karen Allen in Illinois, USA; actress (Cruising, Starman, Wanderers).
- 1952 - Birth of Clive Barker; producer (Hell Raiser).
- 1954 - Birth of Duncan Regehr in Alberta, Canada; actor (Wizards and Warriors).
- 1957 - Birth of Bernard Jeffrey McCullough [Bernie Mac] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; American actor/comedian (The Bernie Mac Show, Ocean's Eleven, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Transformers) (died 2008).
- 1969 - Birth of Karyn Parsons; actress (Hilary - Fresh Prince of Bel Air).
- 1974 - Birth of Douglas Emerson in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Robbie - Herbie The Love Bug).
- 1975 - Birth of Scott E Weinger in New York City; actor (Steve Taylor - The Family Man).
Deaths on October 5
- 1976 - Death of Barbara Nichols at age 46 of a liver ailment; actress (The Bob Cummings Show, Jack Benny, Disneyland, Pajama Game, Loved One).
- 1981 - Death of Gloria Grahame AKA Gloria Hallward at age 57 of cancer; actress (The Bad and the Beautiful film (1952, Academy award), Sue - Rich Man, Poor Man TV mini-series, Seventh Avenue).
- 1981 - Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at age 48.
- 2015 - Death of Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker (born 1950).
- 2023 - Death of Dick Butkus at age 80 at home in Malibu, California; American football player (NFL, linebacker, Chicago Bears, 1965-1973), actor (Any Given Sunday movie (1999)).
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