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What happened in history on this day: October 24?
On October 24 in ...
- 1973 - CBS premieres the TV program Kojak, starring Telly Savalas.
- 1989 - Disgraced TV evangelist Jim Bakker is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000 on 24 counts of fraud.
- 1994 - The animated TV series Gargoyles first airs.
Births on October 24
- 1882 - Birth of Sybil Thorndike in England; actress (Saint Joan).
- 1925 - Birth of Teri Keane in New York City, New York, USA; radio actor (CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974-82), Life Can be Beautiful, The Second Mrs. Burton), TV actor (Loving, Ryan's Hope, All My Children, One Life to Live, The Edge of Night, Guiding Light, Young Dr. Malone, The Road of Life, As the World Turns, Search for Tomorrow, Kitty Foyle).
- 1936 - Birth of David Nelson in New York City, New York, USA; actor/producer (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Peyton Place).
- 1939 - Birth of F. Murray Abraham; actor (Dead Man's Walk, Marco Polo, How to Survive a Marriage, Amadeus, Mad Man).
- 1947 - Birth of Kevin Kline in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Sophie's Choice, The Big Chill, Search for Tomorrow).
- 1948 - Birth of James Whitmore Junior; director (NCIS, Cold Case, 24).
- 1951 - Birth of Todd Crespi in Frankfurt, Germany; actor (The Magician).
- 1954 - Birth of Karen Austin; actress (Night Court, Murder One).
- 1954 - Birth of Doug Davidson; actor/TV host (The Young and the Restless, The New Price is Right).
- 1960 - Birth of B.D. Wong; actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit).
- 1989 - Birth of Shenae Grimes; actress (Beverly Hills 90210 TV show).
Deaths on October 24
- 1963 - Death of Beverly Wills at age 29 in a house fire at Palm Springs, California, USA; actress (Beverly Grossman - I Married Joan).
- 1973 - Allan "Rocky" Lane, actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder), dies at age 72.
- 1981 - Death of Deborah Baltzell of a heart attack at age 25; actress (Karen Hawks - "I'm a Big Girl Now" TV show).
- 1982 - James Philbrook, actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at age 58.
- 1984 - Walter Woolf King, actor/TV host (Lights Cameras Action), dies at age 85.
- 1991 - Death of Gene Roddenberry of a heart attack at age 70; American television producer (Star Trek).
- 1994 - Death of Raul Julia of a cancer-related stroke at age 54; actor (The Addams Family movie, Raphael - Sesame Street TV show).
- 1997 - Death of Don Messick of a stroke at age 62; voice actor (Astro - The Jetsons, Bamm Bamm - The Flintstones).
- 2017 - Death of Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927).
- 2022 - Death of Leslie Jordan at age 67 after a car crash; actor (Will & Grace TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Richard Roundtree at age 81; actor (Shaft movie (1971)).
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