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What happened in history on this day: April 8?
On April 8 in ...
- 1958 - ABC resumes airing the Pantomime Quiz 30-minute TV game show.
- 1963 - ABC airs the final episode of The Rifleman.
- 1979 - CBS airs the 204th and last episode of All In The Family.
- 1990 - ABC-TV debuts the primetime serial Twin Peaks.
Births on April 8
- 1887 - Birth of Walter Connolly in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl).
- 1893 - Birth of Grace Cunard in Columbus, Ohio, USA; silent screen actress (Resurrection).
- 1893 - Birth of Mary Pickford AKA Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Poor Little Rich Girl, Daddy Long Legs).
- 1895 - Birth of Bert I[ra] Gordon in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; diector/producer (Empire of the Ants, Magic Sword, Amazing Colossal Man).
- 1903 - Birth of Ilka Chase in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien).
- 1905 - Birth of George Baxter in Paris, France; actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged).
- 1912 - Birth of Sonja Henie in Oslo, Norway; ice skater (Olympics-gold-1928,1932,1936), actor.
- 1921 - Birth of Alfie Bass in London, England; actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served).
- 1923 - Birth of Edward Mulhare in Cork, Ireland; actor (Daniel Gregg - Ghost and Mrs Muir).
- 1925 - Birth of Shecky Greene in Chicago, Illinois; comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat).
- 1928 - Birth of Eric Porter in London, England; actor (Antony and Cleopatra, 39 Steps).
- 1928 - Birth of John Gavin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale).
- 1929 - Birth of Jacques Brel in Brussels, Belgium; songwriter/singer/actor (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Pain in the Ass).
- 1930 - Birth of Dorothy Tutin in London, England; actress (Importance of Being Earnest, Cromwell).
- 1930 - Birth of John Bartholomew Tucker in Pennsylvania, USA; TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island).
- 1932 - Birth of John Gavin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows).
- 1936 - Birth of Klaus Lowitsch in Berlin, Germany; actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun).
- 1938 - Birth of Lory Patrick in Beckley, West Virginia, USA; actress (Trina - Tales of Wells Fargo).
- 1941 - Birth of Darlene Gillespie; actress (The Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1943 - Birth of Robby Weaver; actor (Stone).
- 1944 - Birth of Hywel Bennett in South Wales; actor (Family Way, Shelley).
- 1947 - Birth of Cindy Pickett in Norman, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Guiding Light, St. Elsewhere).
- 1947 - Birth of Gerald McRaney in Collins, Mississippi, USA; actor (Rick - Simon and Simon, Major Dad).
- 1947 - Birth of Hsiao-hsien Hou; director (Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster).
- 1954 - Birth of John Schneider in Mount Kisco, New York, USA; actor (Bo - The Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1957 - Birth of Michael Spound in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Dave - Hotel).
- 1966 - Birth of Robin [Virginia] Wright Penn in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (Jenny - Forrest Gump, Kelly - Santa Barbara, Princess Bride).
- 1968 - Birth of Patricia Arquette in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3).
- 1984 - Birth of Taran Noah Smith in San Francisco, California; actor (Mark Taylor - Home Improvement).
Deaths on April 8
- 1965 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at age 78.
- 1977 - Frank Milan, actor (The Witness), dies at age 71.
- 1996 - Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at age 77.
- 2000 - Death of Claire Trevor AKA Claire Wemlinger at age 91 of respiratory ailments; actress (Big Town radio show, Producer's Showcase - Dodsworth (Emmy award)).
- 2023 - Death of Elizabeth Hubbard at age 89 of cancer at home in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA; actor (The Doctors TV show, As the World Turns TV show, Emmy award winner).
- 2023 - Death of Michael Lerner at age 81 due to complications from brain seizures, in a hospital in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Barton Fink movie, Elf movie).
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