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What happened in history on this day: October 28?
On October 28 in ...
- 1950 - CBS premieres The Jack Benny Program comedy variety show.
- 1963 - The 100th episode of US TV show The Andy Griffith Show airs.
- 1964 - The 100th episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs.
- 1976 - The 200th episode of TV show Hawaii Five-O airs.
- 1980 - Annette Funicello, Cubby O'Brien, Tommy Cole, Sherry Alberoni and Dickie Dodd join other Mouseketeers wearing black ears and white shirts to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mickey Mouse Club.
- 1992 - The ABC TV network airs the last Laurie Hill show.
Births on October 28
- 1902 - Birth of Elsa Lanchester AKA Elizabeth Sullivan in Lewisham, London, England; actress (The Bride of Frankenstein, The John Forsythe Show).
- 1907 - Birth of Lew Parker; actor (Lou Marie - That Girl).
- 1929 - Birth of Dody Goodman in Columbus, Ohio, USA; actress (Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan).
- 1929 - Birth of Joan Plowright in England; actress (Brimstone and Treacle).
- 1939 - Birth of Jane Alexander in Massachusetts, USA; actress (The Betsy, Kramer versus Kramer, Tell Me You Love Me, Eleanor and Franklin).
- 1940 - Birth of Susan Harris; TV writer/producer (Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Benson, Soap).
- 1944 - Birth of Coluche France; comedian/actor (My Best Friend's Girl).
- 1944 - Birth of Dennis Franz in Maywood, Illinois, USA; actor (Norman Buntz - Hill Street Blues).
- 1945 - Birth of Dennis Franz; actor (NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues).
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Franklin - The Paper Chase).
- 1948 - Birth of Telma Hopkins in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters, Half and Half).
- 1952 - Birth of Annie Potts in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Mary Jo - Designing Women, Any Day Now).
- 1960 - Birth of Mark Derwin in Park Forest, Illinois, USA; actor (AC Mallet - Guiding Light, Life with Bonnie, One Life to Live).
- 1962 - Birth of Daphne Zuniga; actress (Gross Anatomy, Fly II, Spaceballs, Beautiful People, Melrose Place).
- 1963 - Birth of Lauren Holly; actress (NCIS, Picket Fences).
- 1965 - Birth of Jami Gertz in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies, Still Standing).
- 1966 - Birth of Andy Richter; actor-comedian (A.R. Controls the Universe, Conan O'Brien).
- 1966 - Birth of Lauren Holly; actress (All My Children).
- 1974 - Birth of Joaquin Phoenix AKA Leaf Phoenix in Puerto Rico, USA; actor (Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line, Russkies, Space Camp).
Deaths on October 28
- 1980 - Death of Leon Janney at age 63 of cancer; actor (Charlie Chan radio show, Chick Carter, Helen Trent, X Minus One, Hawk TV show, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Another World, Edge of Night).
- 1996 - Death of Morey Amsterdam at age 87 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor-comedian (Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 2002 - Death of Lawrence Dobkin at age 83 of heart failure; actor (Rogues Gallery tadio show, Escape, Frontier Gentleman, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue).
- 2007 - Death of Porter Wagoner at age 80 of lung cancer; country music star (Grand Ole Opry, The Porter Wagoner Show TV show (1960-1981)).
- 2023 - Death of Matthew Perry at age 54 at home in Los Angeles, California; actor (Chandler Bing - Friends TV show (1994-2004), The Whole Nine Yards movie (2000), 17 Again movie (2009)), writer (Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing book).
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