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What happened in history on this day: February 2?
On February 2 in ...
- 1950 - CBS premieres the What's My Line? 30-minute TV game show.
- 1955 - First Presidential news conference on network TV - Dwight Eisenhower on ABC.
- 1973 - NBC-TV debuts Midnight Special with Helen Reddy as the hostess.
- 1976 - ABC airs the 60-minute special The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon.
- 1982 - Late Night with David Letterman TV show premieres on NBC.
- 1986 - Disney returns to Sunday night TV on ABC, with Michael Eisner hosting the first The Disney Sunday Night Movie, entitled Help Wanted: Kids. It ranks 41st out of the week's 68 network programs.
- 1995 - NBC airs 100th episode of Seinfeld TV show.
- 1996 - The last show of the American TV talk show Danny airs.
- 2010 - The final season of TV's Lost series begins.
- 2022 - President Jeff Zucker of the CNN US cable TV network resigns.
Births on February 2
- 1884 - Birth of S Z Sakall in Budapest, Hungary; actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca).
- 1888 - Birth of Frank Lloyd in Scotland; actor/director (Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver Twist).
- 1899 - Birth of Benny Rubin in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show).
- 1902 - Birth of Tyra Ryman in Arboga, Sweden; actress (Peter the Tramp).
- 1903 - Birth of Frank McGrath in Mound City, Missouri, USA; actor (Wagon Train).
- 1906 - Birth of Gale Gordon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Here's Lucy, Our Miss Brooks).
- 1909 - Birth of Franc Albertson in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA; actor (Psycho, Alice Adams).
- 1912 - Birth of Stefan Schnabel; German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox).
- 1923 - Birth of Bonita Granville in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger).
- 1923 - Birth of James Dickey in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; author/poet/actor (Deliverance).
- 1924 - Birth of Tine Balder [Clementine Alabama Cobbaut]; Flemish actress (Antigone).
- 1926 - Birth of Elaine Stritch in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (My Sister Eileen, Company).
- 1926 - Birth of Nydia M E Ecury; Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera).
- 1926 - Birth of Wanda Lewis in Struther, Ohio, USA; actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show).
- 1928 - Birth of Howard Caine in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Californians).
- 1932 - Birth of Robert Mandan in Clever, Missouri, USA; actor (Chester - Soap, James - Three's a Crowd).
- 1942 - Birth of Bo Hopkins in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, The Rockford Files).
- 1944 - Birth of Katherine Crawford in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Gemini Man, Captains and the Kings).
- 1947 - Birth of Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; actress (Charlie's Angels, Burning Bed).
- 1949 - Birth of Sherry Mathis in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actress (Search for Tomorrow).
- 1950 - Birth of Barbara Sukowa in the German Federal Republic; actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola).
- 1951 - Birth of Kim Zimmer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live).
- 1954 - Birth of Christie Brinkley; model (Sports Illustrated), actress (Vacation).
- 1955 - Birth of Brent Spiner in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Data - Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1955 - Birth of Michael Talbott in Waverly, Iowa, USA; actor (Stan - Miami Vice).
- 1958 - Birth of Holly Hunter in Conyers, Georgia, USA; actress (Broadcast News, Once Around).
- 1960 - Birth of Eric Shea; actor (Castaway Cowboy).
- 1962 - Birth of Michael T Weiss in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Jarod - Pretender, Dr Michael Horton - Days of Our Lives).
- 1963 - Birth of Stephen McGann in Liverpool, England; actor (Catherine the Great).
Deaths on February 2
- 1929 - Albert Steinrück, German actor (Golem), dies at age 56.
- 1952 - Charles De Roche, actor (Ten Commandments), dies at age 72.
- 1956 - Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at age 86.
- 1963 - Herman Bouber [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at age 77.
- 1969 - Boris Karloff [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at age 81.
- 1972 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at age 67.
- 1976 - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at age 78.
- 1978 - Death of Wendy Barrie at age 65, British actress, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show) (born 1912).
- 1981 - Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies.
- 1990 - Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at age 79.
- 1993 - Death of Bernard Braden at age 76 following a series of strokes; broadcaster/actor (An Evening At Home With Bernard Braden And Barbara Kelly, The Braden Beat TV show, Sweepstakes Game TV show).
- 1994 - Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at age 75.
- 1995 - Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at age 75 (born 1919).
- 1996 - Gene Kelly, American actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at age 83 (born 1912).
- 1996 - Death of Shamus Culhane at age 87; pioneer animator (Popeye, Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker).
- 2022 - Death of Monica Vitti at age 90; Italian actor (L'Avventura (1960)).
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