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What happened in history on this day: December 4?
On December 4 in ...
- 1981 - Universal releases the film On Golden Pond to theaters.
- 1981 - CBS-TV debuts the nighttime soap Falcon Crest.
- 1994 - The Game Show Network launches in the US with mostly reruns of past TV game shows.
- 2022 - In Washington, D.C., the 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors event is held. Those recognized for their achievements in the performing arts: Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, Tania León, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., the Edge, Bono.
Births on December 4
- 1874 - Birth of Jean H L Bossard; actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice).
- 1889 - Birth of Buck Jones AKA Charles F Gebhart; US actor (War Horse).
- 1889 - Birth of Isabel Randolph in Illinois, USA; actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks).
- 1910 - Birth of Alex North in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf).
- 1912 - Birth of Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans; Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok).
- 1920 - Birth of Michael Bates in Jhansi, India; actor (A Clockwork Orange, Patton).
- 1921 - Birth of Deanna Durbin in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; actress/vocalist (100 Men and a Girl).
- 1922 - Birth of Gerard Philipe in Cannes, France; actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps).
- 1925 - Birth of Maurice Binder in New York City, New York, USA; photographer/film titler (James Bond films).
- 1928 - Birth of Dena Dietrich in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Dena - Karen, Ethel - The Ropers).
- 1930 - Birth of Ronnie Corbett in England; comedian (The Two Ronnies).
- 1933 - Birth of Horst Buchholz in Berlin, Germany; actor (Charlie's Angels, How the West Was Won, Raid on Entebbe, Crossings, Logan's Run, Danny Thomas Hour, Sahara, The Magnificent Seven).
- 1934 - Birth of Victor French in Santa Barbara, California, USA; actor (Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Carter Country).
- 1934 - Birth of Wink [Winston Conrad] Martindale in Jackson, Tennessee, USA; radio/TV game show host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This, Music of Your Life).
- 1937 - Birth of Donnelly Rhodes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; actor (Dutch - Soap, Double Trouble, DaVinci's Inquest, Danger Bay, The Young and the Restless).
- 1937 - Birth of Max Baer Junior in Oakland, California, USA; actor/producer (Jethro - The Beverly Hillbillies).
- 1938 - Birth of Liesbeth Struppert; actress (Miep Gies - Anne Frank).
- 1942 - Birth of Gemma Jones; British actress (Duchess of Duke Street).
- 1943 - Birth of Patti Chandler in California, USA; actress (Bikini Beach).
- 1949 - Birth of Jeff Bridges in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Stay Hungry, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, Sea Hunt, The Girls in Their Summer Dresses).
- 1950 - Birth of Pamela Stephenson in Auckland, New Zealand; actress (Superman III, Saturday Night Live).
- 1951 - Birth of Patricia Wettig in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Nancy Weston - Thirty Something, Brothers and Sisters, Prison Break).
- 1964 - Birth of Chelsea Noble; actress (Kirk, Growing Pains).
- 1964 - Birth of Marisa Tomei in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (My Cousin Vinny, A Different World, As the World Turns).
- 1966 - Birth of Fred Armisen; actor-comedian (Saturday Night Live, Crank Yankers, Reverb).
- 1968 - Birth of Margaret Cho; actress/comedienne (Face/Off).
- 1970 - Birth of Kevin Sussman; actor (Ugly Betty).
- 1973 - Birth of Tyra Banks; model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Tyra Talk Show, America's Next Model).
- 1984 - Birth of Lindsay Felton in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Caitlin's Way, Thunder Alley).
- 1987 - Birth of Orlando Brown; American actor, singer, and comedian (That's So Raven, Proud Family, Filmore).
Deaths on December 4
- 1967 - Death of Bert Lahr AKA Irving Lahrheim at age 72 of pneumonia; comedian/actor (Cowardly Lion - The Wizard of Oz, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Toast of the Town, Steve Allen Show, Hollywood Palace, Kraft TV Theatre).
- 1973 - Death of Michael O'Shea at age 67 of a heart attack; actor (It's a Great Life TV show, Smart Woman).
- 1974 - Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at age 36.
- 1977 - Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at age 72.
- 1979 - Death of Robert Karnes at age 62 of heart failure; actor (Gunsmoke, Max - The Lawless Years, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Have Gun Will Travel, The Virginian).
- 1983 - Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at age 55.
- 1987 - Rouben Mamoulian, director (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), dies at age 90.
- 1990 - Death of Edward Binns at age 74 of a heart attack; actor (It Takes a Thief, Brenner, The Defenders, Dr. Kildare, Police Story, The Virginian, juror #6 - Twelve Angry Men).
- 1997 - Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at age 72.
- 2005 - Death of Greg Hoffman, film producer (Saw, Saw II) (born 1963).
- 2022 - Death of Bob McGrath at age 90 of complications of a stroke at home in New Jersey, USA; singer, actor (Bob Johnson - Sesame Street TV show (1969 - 2017)).
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