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What happened in history on this day: December 30?
On December 30 in ...
- 1963 - NBC-TV debuts TV game show Let's Make A Deal, hosted by Monty Hall.
- 1980 - Wonderful World of Disney last airs on NBC-TV.
- 1984 - CBS TV begins airing the comedy detective TV series Crazy Like a Fox, starring Jack Warden.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network cancels the show Hull High. The shows had cost US$325,000 each to produce.
Births on December 30
- 1883 - Birth of Mary Forbes in Hornsey, England; actress (Terror by Night).
- 1892 - Birth of John Litel in Albany, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Virginia City, My Hero).
- 1896 - Birth of Tom Keene in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Our Daily Bread).
- 1910 - Birth of Dennis Morgan; actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront).
- 1917 - Birth of Nancy Coleman in Everett, Washington, USA; actress (Edge of Darkness).
- 1919 - Birth of Jo Van Fleet in Oakland, California, USA; actress (Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden).
- 1927 - Birth of Bernard Barrow in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky - Loving).
- 1928 - Birth of Jack Lord in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Steve McGarrett - Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre).
- 1929 - Birth of Barbara Nichols in Jamaica, New York, USA; actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly).
- 1934 - Birth of Nicolas Coster in London, England; actor (Our Private World, Lobo, Ryan's Four).
- 1934 - Birth of Russ Tamblyn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Twin Peaks, Tom Thumb, Win Place or Steal).
- 1935 - Birth of Jack Riley in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Carlin - Bob Newhart, Ocassional Wife).
- 1938 - Birth of Joseph Bologna in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year).
- 1942 - Birth of Fred Ward in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Chain Reaction, Thunderheart, Equinox).
- 1942 - Birth of Michael Nesmith in Houston, Texas, USA; rocker/actor (Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville").
- 1945 - Birth of [David] Davy Jones in Manchester, England; singer/actor (Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville").
- 1947 - Birth of Michael Burns in Mineola, Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Barnaby West - Wagon Train).
- 1956 - Birth of Sheryl Lee Ralph; actress (Moesia, Designing Women).
- 1957 - Birth of Patricia Kalember in Schenectady, New York, USA; actress (Georgie Whitsig - Sisters, Susannah Hart - Thirtysomething).
- 1958 - Birth of Brandon Clark in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sean - The Fitzpatricks).
- 1959 - Birth of Tracey Ullman in Slough, England; comedienne singer/actress (Tracey Ullman Show).
- 1963 - Birth of Alessandra Mussolini in Naples, Italy; actress (Ferragosto OK).
- 1972 - Birth of Maureen Flannigan; actress (Evie - Out of this World).
- 1980 - Birth of Eliza Dushku in Boston, Massachusetts; American actress (This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey).
Deaths on December 30
- 1943 - Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at age 76.
- 1961 - Jacobus "Ko" van den Bosch; Dutch actor (Amsterdamned)/director, dies at age 53.
- 1971 - Dorothy Comingore, actress (Citizen Kane), dies after illness at age 58.
- 1979 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (Rogers and Hammerstein), dies at age 77 (born 1902).
- 1989 - Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies.
- 1996 - Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at age 53.
- 1996 - Lew Ayres, American screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at age 88 (born 1908).
- 2022 - Death of Barbara Walters at age 93 at home in New York City, New York, USA; talk show host (Today TV show (1964-), The View TV show (1997-), 20/20 TV show), author (Audition book (2008)), producer (The Kathi Norris Show TV show).
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