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What happened in history on this day: April 2?
On April 2 in ...
- 1902 - First motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles, California, USA).
- 1956 - CBS debuts the daytime drama The Edge of Night.
- 1956 - CBS debuts the daytime drama As the World Turns.
- 1971 - ABC TV airs the last episode of the sci-fi soap opera Dark Shadows after an almost five-year run.
- 1997 - The WB Network premieres the Disney TV show Smart Guy.
Births on April 2
- 1907 - Birth of Irene Mayer Selznick; producer (A Street Car Named Desire).
- 1908 - Birth of Buddy Ebsen AKA Christian Rudolph Ebsen in Belleville, Illinois, USA; dancer (with Shirley Temple, 1930s films), actor (Jed Clampett - Northwest Passage TV show, Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones).
- 1914 - Birth of Alec Guinness de Cuffe AKA Alex Guiness in London, England; actor (Colonel Nicholson - The Bridge on the River Kwai, Obi-Wan Kenobi - Star Wars, George Smiley - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
- 1917 - Birth of Dabbs Greer in Fairview, Missouri, USA; actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie).
- 1920 - Birth of Jack Webb in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Pat Novak for Hire radio show, Johnny Madero Pier 23, Joe Friday - Dragnet radio and TV show, Pete Kelly's Blues radio and TV show), producer (Emergency TV show (1972-77)).
- 1925 - Birth of Elena Verdugo; actress (Meet Millie, Marcus Welby MD).
- 1926 - Birth of Elena Verdugo in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Consuelo - Marcus Welby M.D.).
- 1928 - Birth of Rita Gam in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron, Mohawk, Edge of Night, Love of Life, Hidden Faces).
- 1934 - Birth of Brian Glover; actor (McGuffin).
- 1934 - Birth of Diane Cilento in Rabaul; actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man).
- 1935 - Birth of Sharon Acker in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Della Street - Perry Mason (1973), The Young and the Restless, Street Legal, Days of Our Lives).
- 1940 - Birth of Penelope Keith; British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love).
- 1945 - Birth of Linda Hunt in Morristown, New Jersey, USA; actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado, The Practice, Carnivale).
- 1947 - Birth of Camille Paglia in Endicott, New York, USA; actress (Female Misbehavior, It's Pat).
- 1949 - Birth of Pamela Reed in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court, Jericho, Family Album).
- 1953 - Birth of Debralee Scott in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA; actress (Angie, Welcome Home Kotter, Sons and Daughters, Cathy - Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman).
- 1954 - Birth of Ron Palillo in Cheshire, Connecticut, USA; actor (Arnold Horshack - Welcome Back Kotter).
- 1958 - Birth of Amelia Marshall; actress (Guiding Light, All My Children).
- 1961 - Birth of Chris Meloni; actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit).
- 1962 - Birth of Clark Gregg; actor (The New Adventures of Old Christine).
- 1964 - Birth of Jana Marie Hupp in Spokane, Washington, USA; actress (Ed, Brooklyn South).
- 1973 - Birth of Roselyn Sanchez; actress (Without a Trace, Kojak 2005).
- 1975 - Birth of Adam Rodriguez; actor (CSI: Miami).
- 1976 - Birth of Jeremy Garrett; actor (Jack and Jill, Legacy).
- 1981 - Birth of Bethany Joy Lenz; actress (One Tree Hill).
- 1988 - Birth of Jesse Plemons; actor (Friday Night Lights).
Deaths on April 2
- 1953 - Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at age 56.
- 1956 - Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at age 65.
- 1959 - Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at age 79.
- 1969 - Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at age 74.
- 1974 - Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at age 84.
- 1976 - Death of Ray Teal at age 74; versatile character actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee - Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, Cheyenne, Wide Country, Disneyland).
- 1990 - Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at age 85.
- 1992 - Death of Paula Kelly at age 72; singer (The Modernaires, Glenn Miller Orchestra - "Chatanooga Choo Choo", "Kalamazoo", "I Know Why", "Elmer's Tune"), actress.
- 1993 - Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (Four Sons, Homicidal), dies at age 93.
- 1994 - Richard Davies, actor (Private Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at age 79.
- 1994 - Death of Betty Furness at age 78 of stomach cancer; American actress, author, news consumer reporter (WNBC), TV spokesperson (Westinghouse) (born 1916).
- 1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at age 86.
- 2002 - Death of Jack Kruschen at age 80; actor (Gunsmoke radio show, Dragnet, Broadway is My Beat, Pete Kelly's Blues).
- 2022 - Death of Estelle Harris at age 93 in Palm Desert, California, USA; actor (Estelle Costanza - Seinfeld TV show, Mrs. Potato Head - Toy Story film, Night Court TV show, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody TV show).
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