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What happened in history on this day: April 7?
On April 7 in ...
- 1927 - Telephone lines are used for the first time to transmit a television signal, from Washington DC to New York City. The audience to the demonstration sees an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.
- 1991 - Fox airs the 100th episode of TV show Married With Children.
- 1995 - The last episode of Disney's syndicated TV show Judge for Yourself airs.
Births on April 7
- 1897 - Birth of Walter Winchell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; gossip columnist/broadcaster (Jergens Journal radio show), narrator (The Untouchables TV show).
- 1903 - Birth of Willi Forst; Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl).
- 1917 - Birth of R G Armstrong in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actor (T.H.E. Cat, Gunsmoke, Trapper John MD, Friday the 13th).
- 1918 - Birth of Peanuts Hucko in Syracuse, New York, USA; bigband clarinetist (Charlie Spivak, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Ray McKinley, Eddie Condon, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Lawrence Welk Orchestra).
- 1918 - Birth of Ronald Howard in Norwood, England; actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style).
- 1924 - Birth of Harry Cordon; comic/host (Fred Haché Show).
- 1924 - Birth of Nick Perito in Denver, Colorado, USA; orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show).
- 1928 - Birth of Alan J Pakula; director (All the President's Men, Klute).
- 1928 - Birth of James Scott Bumgarner AKA James Garner in Norman, Oklahoma, USA; American actor (The Rockford Files, Bret Maverick, Eight Simple Rules).
- 1930 - Birth of Andrew Sachs; actor (Manuel - Fawlty Towers).
- 1933 - Birth of Wayne Rogers in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actor (MASH, House Calls, Chiefs, Trapper John MD).
- 1934 - Birth of Ian Richards in Edinburgh, Scotland; actor (Montgomery - Ike).
- 1938 - Birth of Yvonne Lime in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis).
- 1939 - Birth of David Frost in Tenderdon, England; TV host (That Was the Week That Was).
- 1939 - Birth of Francis Ford Coppola in Detroit, Michigan, USA; film maker (Godfather, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti).
- 1942 - Birth of Edda Barends; actress (Arthur and Eva).
- 1943 - Birth of Roberta Shore [Schourup] in Monterey Park, California, USA; actress/singer (Virginian).
- 1954 - Birth of Jackie Chan; martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx).
- 1958 - Birth of Alexandra Neil in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Rose - Guiding Light).
- 1960 - Birth of Elaine Miles; actress (Northern Exposure, The Rez).
- 1962 - Birth of Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor; actor (In the Heat of the Night).
- 1965 - Birth of Bill Bellamy; actor (Last Comic Standing, Fastlane).
- 1966 - Birth of Teri Ann Linn in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; actress (Kristen - The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1968 - Birth of Bill Bellamy; actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker).
- 1975 - Birth of Heather Burns; actress (20 Good Years, The $treet).
- 1999 - Birth of Conner Rayburn; actor (According to Jim).
Deaths on April 7
- 1955 - Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, Two Orphans), dies at age 62.
- 1972 - Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at age 65.
- 1976 - Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at age 76.
- 1982 - Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at age 36.
- 1983 - Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at age 82.
- 1987 - Death of Maxine Sullivan at age 75 in New York; jazz singer ("Loch Lomond" (1937)), actress (Going Places).
- 1993 - Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at age 80.
- 1994 - Death of Ken Carson at age 79 of Lou Gehrig's disease; singer (The Sons of the Pioneers, Garry Moore TV Show).
- 2001 - Death of Beatrice Straight of pneumonia at age 86; actress (Network movie, Potergeist movie, Armstrong Circle Theatre TV show, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show, Kraft Television Theatre, Studio One, The United States Steel Hour, Playhouse 90, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, The Defenders, Mission: Impossible, St. Elsewhere, Wonder Woman).
- 2005 - Death of Jose Melis of respiratory failure at age 85; bandleader (The Tonight Show).
- 2007 - Death of Barry Nelson AKA Barry Nielsen at age 89; actor (My Favorite Husband TV show, The Hunter TV show, Hudson's Bay TV show).
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