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What happened in history on this day: November 7?
On November 7 in ...
- 1948 - CBS airs the anthology TV show Studio One for the first time, airing an adaptation of the mystery play "The Storm".
- 1954 - CBS debuts the public affairs TV program Face the Nation.
- 1965 - The "Pillsbury Dough Boy" debuts in television commercials.
- 1976 - NBC TV airs film Gone With the Wind on television for the first time, becoming highest-rated TV show to date, with 65 percent of all viewers watching.
- 2008 - Paramount releases the film Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa to theaters.
Births on November 7
- 1896 - Birth of Herbert R O'Connor in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; (Senator-Maryland)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicated).
- 1903 - Birth of Dean Jagger in Lima, Ohio, USA; actor (Twelve O'Clock High (Oscar award), Elmer Gantry, Albert Vane - Mr. Novak, Hunter, The Waltons, St. Elsewhere).
- 1913 - Birth of Albert Camus in Algeria; novelist/director (The Just - Nobel Prize 1957).
- 1931 - Birth of Gloria LeRoy; actress (Family Matters, All in the Family, Days of Our Lives, Hill Street Blues).
- 1936 - Birth of Barry Newman in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli).
- 1938 - Birth of Barry Newman; actor (Petrocelli, Nightingales, The OC).
- 1938 - Birth of James Katt; pitcher/sportscaster (New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins).
- 1944 - Birth of Jim Watkins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Jerry - Magician).
- 1946 - Birth of John Aylward in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (ER, West Wing, The Practice, Family Law).
- 1948 - Birth of James Houghton; actor (Knots Landing, The Colbys, Code R).
- 1957 - Birth of Christopher Knight; actor (The Brady Bunch).
- 1963 - Birth of Todd McKee; actor (Ted - Santa Barbara, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1964 - Birth of Dana Plato in Maywood, California, USA; actress (Kimberly - Diff'rent Strokes).
- 1972 - Birth of Christopher Daniel Barnes; actor (Ross - Day by Day, As the World Turns, Malcolm and Eddie, Spiderman, Starman).
- 1972 - Birth of Clive B. Barnes in Portland, Maine, USA; actor (Scott Hayden - Starman).
- 1972 - Birth of Jeremy and Jason London; actors (Seventh Heaven, Party of Five).
- 1974 - Birth of Yunjin Kim; actor (Lost).
Deaths on November 7
- 1980 - Death of Steve McQueen at age 50 of lung cancer; American actor (Josh Randall - Trackdown, Wanted: Dead or Alive).
- 1994 - Death of Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky] at age 70; jazz trumpeter, TV music composer (The Partridge Family, Starsky and Hutch, The Rookies, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island).
- 1995 - Death of Slappy White at age 74 from a heart attack; comedian (Sanford and Son, The Flip Wilson Show, The Redd Foxx Show, Ed Sullivan, Tonight Show).
- 2002 - Death of Peg Phillips of lung disease at age 84; actress (Northern Exposure, Seventh Heaven).
- 2004 - Death of Howard Keel of colon cancer at age 85; actor/singer (Dallas TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Leslie Phillips at age 98; actor (Carry On films, Doctor TV series, Sorting Hat - Harry Potter movie).
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