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What happened in history on this day: April 5?
On April 5 in ...
- 1980 - CBS TV airs the final episode of Hawaii Five-O.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network begins airing the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage.
- 1997 - CBS airs the 100th episode of Walker, Texas Ranger TV show.
Births on April 5
- 1890 - Birth of Fie Carelsen; Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen).
- 1900 - Birth of Spencer Tracy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner).
- 1901 - Birth of Melvyn Douglas [Hesselberg] in Macon, Georgia, USA; actor (Hud, Ghost Story).
- 1905 - Birth of Bill Raisch; one armed actor (Fred Johnson - Fugitive).
- 1908 - Birth of Bette Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel).
- 1908 - Birth of Grady Sutton in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; actor (Pruitts of South Hampton).
- 1911 - Birth of Gordon Jones in Alden, Iowa, USA; actor (Mike the Cop - Abbott and Costello).
- 1912 - Birth of John Le Mesurier in Bedford, England; actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army).
- 1916 - Birth of Eldred Gregory Peck to Gregory Peck and Bernice Ayers in La Jolla, California, USA; actor (Days of Glory film (1944), The Guns of Navarone film (1961), The Omen film (1976)), President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Founding Chairman of the American Film Institute, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969).
- 1922 - Birth of Gale Storm in Bloomington, Texas, USA; actress (My Little Margie, The Gale Storm Show).
- 1923 - Birth of Michael V Gazzo in Hillside, New Jersey, USA; actor (Cookie, Fear City).
- 1926 - Birth of Roger Corman in Detroit, Michigan, USA; producer/director (Little Shop of Horrors).
- 1928 - Birth of Michael Bryant in London, England; actor (Sakharov, Girly).
- 1929 - Birth of Nigel Hawthorne; actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II).
- 1934 - Birth of Frank Gorshin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; impressionist/actor (Riddler - Batman).
- 1940 - Birth of Aliza Kashi in Israel; actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular).
- 1941 - Birth of Michael Moriarty in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Ben Stone - Law and Order, Bang the Drum Slowly, Q, Stuff).
- 1943 - Birth of Jonathan Lynn in Bath, England; actor (Danny - Doctor in the House).
- 1943 - Birth of Max Gail in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, DC Cab, Normal People).
- 1946 - Birth of Jane Asher; actress (Deep End).
- 1954 - Birth of Christopher S Nelson in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Sons and Daughters).
- 1968 - Birth of Tasia Valenza in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Dottie Thornton Martin - All My Children).
Deaths on April 5
- 1960 - Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at age 88.
- 1972 - Death of Brian Donlevy at age 71 from throat cancer; actor (Steve - Dangerous Assignment).
- 1974 - William Hudson, actor (I Led Three Lives), dies at age 49.
- 1988 - Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies.
- 2005 - Death of Debralee Scott at age 52 after falling into a coma; actress (Angie, Welcome Home Kotter, Sons and Daughters, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman).
- 2008 - Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter), American actor (Moses - The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes) and activist (1960s Civil Rights, National Rifle Association) dies at age 84 in Beverly Hills, California. Heston won Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in Ben Hur. Heston also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild and was chairman of the American Film Institute.
- 2022 - Death of Bobby Rydell of pneumonia at age 79 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Wild One", "Volare"), actor (Bye Bye Birdie movie).
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