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What happened in history on this day: February 15?
On February 15 in ...
- 1958 - ABC-TV debuts The Dick Clark Show. First performers are Connie Francis, Pat Boone, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- 1992 - 100th episode of Cops airs on the Fox Network.
- 1994 - The Fox TV network airs the final Monty show.
Births on February 15
- 1882 - Birth of John Barrymore [Blythe] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Tempest, Beloved Rogue).
- 1896 - Birth of Arthur Shields in Dublin, Ireland; actor (River, Enchanted Island).
- 1898 - Birth of Toto (Antonio de Curtis) in Naples, Italy; actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri).
- 1899 - Birth of Gale Sondergard in Litchfield, Minnesota, USA; actress (Cat and Canary, Road to Rio).
- 1907 - Birth of Cesar Romero in New York City, New York; actor (Joker - Batman, Ocean's 11, The Thin Man).
- 1914 - Birth of Kevin McCarthy in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Howling).
- 1918 - Birth of Alan Arbus in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dr Sidney Freedman - M*A*S*H).
- 1923 - Birth of Keene Curtis in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; actor (The Magician, Amanda's).
- 1927 - Birth of Harvey Korman in Chicago, Illinois; actor (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles).
- 1929 - Birth of Gerald Harper; broadcaster/actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day).
- 1931 - Birth of [Patricia] Claire Bloom in London, England; actress (Charly, Look Back in Anger).
- 1941 - Birth of Florinda Bolkan in Ceara, Brazil; actress (Damned, Last Valley, Word).
- 1947 - Birth of Marisa Berenson in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB).
- 1947 - Birth of Rusty Hamer in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA; actor (Rusty - Make Room for Daddy).
- 1949 - Birth of Jess Walton in Michigan, USA; actress (Jill Foster Abbott - The Young and the Restless).
- 1951 - Birth of Jane Seymour [Joyce Frankenberg] in Middlesex, England; actress (Dr Quinn, East of Eden, Lassiter).
- 1954 - Birth of Matt Groening; cartoonist (Life in Hell, The Simpsons).
- 1955 - S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at age 71.
- 1962 - Birth of [Babette] Renee Props in Oklahoma, USA; actress (Ellie - As the World Turns, Get Shorty, Weird Science).
- 1964 - Birth of Chris Farley; actor (Saturday Night Live, Wayne's World, Coneheads).
- 1968 - Birth of Kurt Robin McKinney in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Ned - General Hospital).
- 1968 - Birth of Michael Easton in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Tanner - Days of Our Lives).
- 1971 - Birth of Renee O'Connor; actress (Xena Warrior Princess).
- 1979 - Birth of Kaj-Erik Eriksen; actor (Quarantine).
- 1983 - Birth of Ashley Lyn Cafagna in Iowa City, Iowa; actress (Kimberly - The Bold and the Beautiful, Saved By The Bell: The New Class).
Deaths on February 15
- 1961 - Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at age 59.
- 1962 - Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak and Dagger), dies at age 72.
- 1967 - Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at age 79.
- 1967 - Birth of Michael Easton, actor (Ally McBeal, Total Recall 2070, VR.5, Tanner - Days of Our Lives).
- 1973 - Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at age 55.
- 1973 - Death of Wally Cox at age 48 of a heart attack or overdose of sedatives; actor (Mr. Peepers TV show, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday), panelist (Hollywood Squares).
- 1978 - Death of Ilka Chase at age 77, American actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien) (born 1900).
- 1979 - Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at age 51.
- 1982 - Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman - George Burns Show), dies at age 86.
- 1984 - Avon Long, dancer/actor (Roots: The Next Generation), dies of cancer at age 73.
- 1984 - Death of Ethel Merman AKA Ethel Zimmerman in her sleep following brain cancer surgery at age 75; American singer, actress (Hollywood Palace TV show, Toast of the Town TV show, Shower of Stars TV show, Batman, Tarzan, and The Love Boat, Tony Award).
- 1990 - Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at age 77.
- 1990 - Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at age 68.
- 1991 - Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at age 78.
- 1994 - Tiger Haynes, US actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at age 79.
- 1996 - Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at age 72.
- 1996 - Death of McLean Stevenson at age 66 of a heart attack; actor (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake M*A*S*H TV show, The McLean Stevenson Show, Hello Larry, The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, The Doris Day Show, Condo, In the Beginning).
- 1996 - Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at age 54.
- 2004 - Death of Jan Miner at age 86; actress (Madge - commercials for Palmolive Dishwashing Detergent).
- 2023 - Death of Raquel Welch AKA Jo-Raquel Tejada at age 82 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (One Million Years B.C. movie (1967), The Three Musketeers movie (1974, Golden Globe winner), Legally Blonde movie (2001), Fantastic Voyage movie (1966)).
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