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What happened in history on this day: April 18?
On April 18 in ...
- 1960 - Mutual of New York sells the Mutual Broadcasting System to the 3M Company of Minnesota for $1.25 million.
- 1979 - NBC debuts the TV show Real People.
- 1998 - The Walt Disney Company launches the Toon Disney cable television network in the USA.
- 2018 - Cinemas open in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983 with the American film Black Panther chosen as the first to be screened.
Births on April 18
- 1871 - Birth of Henry Stephenson in the British West Indies; actor (Conquest, Little Old New York, Mr Lucky).
- 1884 - Birth of Magda Janssens; Flemish/Netherlands actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart).
- 1890 - Birth of James Rennie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Lash, Little Damozel).
- 1897 - Birth of Pedro Regas in Sparta, Greece; actor (Pat Paulsen's 1/2 Comedy Hour).
- 1903 - Birth of Leonid Kinskey in Saint Petersburg, Russia; actor (Casablanca).
- 1907 - Birth of Miklós Rózsa in Budapest, Hungary; movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora).
- 1912 - Birth of Wendy Barrie in Hong Kong; hostess (Wendy Barrie Show).
- 1913 - Birth of Al Hodge; actor (Captain Video).
- 1918 - Birth of Tony Mottola in Kearney, New Jersey, USA; guitarist (studio musician, CBS studio orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Melody Street TV show, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show), president of Sony Music Entertainment.
- 1922 - Birth of Barbara Hale in Dekalb, Illinois, USA; actress (Della Street - Perry Mason).
- 1922 - Birth of Avril Angers; actress (Brass Monkey).
- 1925 - Birth of Bob Hastings in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family).
- 1926 - Birth of Gunter Meisner in Germany; actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum).
- 1929 - Birth of Peter Jeffrey; actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity).
- 1930 - Birth of Clive Revill in Wellington, New Zealand; actor (Legend of Hell House).
- 1934 - Birth of James Drury in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Virginian, Firehouse).
- 1934 - Birth of Mark Kingston; actor (Intimate Contact).
- 1936 - Birth of Harold Innocent [HS Harrison]; English actor (Tall Guy).
- 1937 - Birth of Robert Hooks in Washington DC, USA; actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela, Dynasty, The Hoop Life, Supercarrier).
- 1940 - Birth of Skip Stephenson in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; comedian (Real People).
- 1946 - Birth of Hayley Mills in London, England; actress (The Parent Trap, Pollyanna, The Love Boat, Good Morning Miss Bliss).
- 1947 - Birth of Dorothy Lyman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actress (All My Children, Naomi - Mama's Family, Life Goes On).
- 1947 - Birth of Cindy Pickett; actress (Hyperion Bay).
- 1947 - Birth of James Woods in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Salvador, Against All Odds, Shark).
- 1947 - Birth of Lori Martin in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Velvet - National Velvet).
- 1948 - Birth of Skip Stephenson in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; comedian (Real People).
- 1953 - Birth of Rick Moranis in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor/comedian (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs).
- 1956 - Birth of Eric Roberts in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA; actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies, Heroes, Less Than Perfect).
- 1956 - Birth of John James in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Jeff Colby - Dynasty, The Colbys).
- 1956 - Birth of Melody Thomas Scott in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Nikki - The Young and the Restless).
- 1961 - Birth of Jane Leeves in London, England; actress (Murphy Brown, Daphne Moon - Fraiser).
- 1963 - Birth of Eric McCormack; actor (Will and Grace).
- 1963 - Birth of Conan [Christopher] O'Brien in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; TV host (Late Night).
- 1964 - Birth of Robert Kelker-Kelly; actor (Another World).
- 1967 - Birth of Maria Bello; actress (ER).
- 1976 - Birth of Melissa Joan Hart in Sayville, New York; actress (Clarissa, Sabrina the Teenage Witch).
- 1976 - Birth of Sean Maguire; actor (The Class, EastEnders).
- 1984 - Birth of America Ferrera; actress (Ugly Betty).
- 1989 - Birth of Alia Shawkat; actress (Arrested Development).
Deaths on April 18
- 1921 - Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Inkwartiering), dies at age 70.
- 1939 - Theo Mann, actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at age 88.
- 1959 - Death of Irving Cummings at age 70 of a heart ailment; actor/director/host (Lux Radio Theatre radio show (1952-1955), In Old Arizona).
- 1960 - Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at age 66.
- 1969 - Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at age 82.
- 1974 - Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at age 77.
- 1974 - Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at age 79.
- 1990 - Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at age 87.
- 2023 - Death of Keith Nale at age 62 of cancer in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; reality show contestant (Survivor TV show).
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