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What happened in history on this day: January 2?
On January 2 in ...
- 1953 - NBC-TV presents the first program in the series of The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix.
- 1955 - The Bob Cummings Show premieres on NBC.
- 1961 - CBS airs the last The Jackie Gleason Show TV show.
- 1962 - Nighttime version of TV show Password with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS.
- 1976 - The 100th episode of US TV show "Sanford and Son" airs.
- 1995 - The animated TV series The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show first airs in syndication in the USA.
Births on January 2
- 1889 - Birth of Walter Baldwin in Ohio; actor (Gay Amigo).
- 1896 - Birth of Dziga Vertiv AKA Denis A Kaufman; Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!).
- 1901 - Birth of Rex O'Malley in London, England; actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight).
- 1904 - Birth of James Melton in Moultrie, Georgia, USA; operatic tenor (The Ziegfield Follies of the Air, The Intimate Review, Bell Telephone Hour, Harvest of Stars, The Texaco Star Theatre) (dies 1961).
- 1908 - Birth of Ben Grauer in New York City, New York, USA; child actor, TV and radio announcer (NBC, 1932-73) (dies 1977).
- 1912 - Birth of Anna Lee in Ightham, England; actress (Scruples, A Date with Judy, Lila Quartermain - General Hospital and Port Charles) (dies 2004).
- 1922 - Birth of Jason Evers in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Wrangler, Channing).
- 1928 - Birth of Howard Caine in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Brushfire, Hogan's Heroes, War and Remembrance), voice actor (Jonny Quest, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo) (dies 1993).
- 1933 - Birth of Ken Swofford; actor (Murder She Wrote, Fame, Gunsmoke).
- 1936 - Birth of John Considine; actor (Santa Barbara, Another World).
- 1937 - Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at age 29.
- 1938 - Birth of John Considine; actor (Reginald Love - Another World).
- 1947 - Birth of Ron Hale; actor (General Hospital, Ryan's Hope).
- 1949 - Birth of Christopher Durang in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; playwright/actor (Sister Mary).
- 1952 - Birth of Wendy Phillips in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Stacey - Executive Suite, Promised Land, Studio 60, Big Love, Falcon Crest).
- 1957 - Birth of Joanna Pacula Tomszowaubelski in Poland; actress (Gorky Park, Kiss).
- 1957 - Birth of John Bedford-Lloyd; actor (All My Children, Aliens in the Family).
- 1961 - Birth of Gabrielle Carteris; actress (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1965 - Birth of Diane Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove).
- 1967 - Birth of Tia Carrere [Althea Janairo] in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; actress (Wayne's World, General Hospital, Relic Hunter, Supernova).
- 1968 - Birth of Cuba Gooding Junior; actor (Jerry McGuire, MacGyver, As Good As It Gets, Boyz N the Hood, A Few Good Men).
- 1971 - Birth of Taye Diggs; actor (Day Break, Kevin Hill).
- 1975 - Birth of Dax Shepard; actor (Life with Bonnie, King of the Hill).
- 1978 - Birth of Devin Doherty; actor (Jimmy Clayton - Swan's Crossing).
- 1983 - Birth of Kate Bosworth; American actress (Young Americans).
Deaths on January 2
- 1950 - Death of Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janez) in Rorschach, Switzerland, age 65; movie actor (Der blaue Engel, The Way of All Flesh).
- 1960 - Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy), dies at age 60.
- 1963 - Death of Dick Powell at age 58 of cancer of the lymph glands; movie star in the 1930's, radio star in the 1940's (Richard Diamond, Private Detective), TV star and producer in the 1950's (Four Star Playhouse, The Best in Mystery, Zane Grey Theater, The Dick Powell Show).
- 1963 - Death of Jack Carson at age 50 of stomach cancer; radio, TV, and film star (The Sealtest Village Store, The Jack Carson Show, Star is Born, Mildred Pierce).
- 1969 - Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at age 74.
- 1974 - Death Woodward Maurice Ritter AKA Tex Ritter of a heart attack at age 67; country singer (theme song to High Noon movie (1952), disk jockey (Nashville radio).
- 1983 - Dick Emery, British comedian/actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at age 65 (born 1915).
- 1983 - Harriet Parsons, actress/producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at age 76 of cancer.
- 1986 - Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at age 82.
- 1990 - Alan Hale Junior, American actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby - Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at age 68 (born 1921).
- 1991 - Renato Rascel, actor (Seven Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at age 78.
- 1992 - Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at age 74.
- 1995 - Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at age 73.
- 2002 - Death of Bibi Osterwald at age 81 of lung disease; actress (The Imogene Coca Show, Bridget Loves Bernie).
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