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What happened in history on this day: April 19?
On April 19 in ...
- 1948 - ABC-TV network begins in the US.
- 1953 - NBC airs the last Victory at Sea TV show. A total of 26 episodes aired.
- 1983 - The last episode of the Disney TV show Gun Shy airs.
Births on April 19
- 1858 - Birth of May Robson AKA Mary J Robison in Melbourne, Australia; actress (Apple Annie).
- 1891 - Birth of Francoise Rosay in Paris, France; actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband).
- 1898 - Birth of Constance Talmadge in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedienne/actress (Intolerance).
- 1900 - Birth of Allen Jenkins in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Girl Habit, Fugitive from a Chain Gang).
- 1907 - Birth of Alan Wheatley in England; actor (Adventure of Robin Hood).
- 1907 - Birth of Lina Basquette in San Mateo, California, USA; actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie).
- 1923 - Birth of Hugh O'Brian; actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp).
- 1925 - Birth of Hugh O'Brian [Krampke] in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Wyatt Earp, Search).
- 1931 - Birth of Garfield Morgan; Brtish actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy).
- 1933 - Birth of Dick Sargent in Carmel, California, USA; actor (Darrin - Bewitched).
- 1933 - Birth of Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jane Palmer] in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Guide for the Married Man, Girl Can't Help It, Too Hot to Handle).
- 1935 - Birth of Dudley Moore in London, England; actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, Six Weeks).
- 1937 - Birth of Elinor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actress (Betty Anderson - Father Knows Best, Gladys Peterson - Get a Life, Andy Griffith Show, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman).
- 1939 - Birth of Ellen Weston in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Betty - SWAT).
- 1946 - Birth of Tim Curry in Cheshire, England; actor (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wiseguy, The Wild Thornberrys, Family Affair).
- 1947 - Birth of Wilf Stevenson; director (British Film Institute).
- 1949 - Birth of Paloma Picasso [Gilot] in Paris, France; artist/jewelry designer/actress (Immoral Tales).
- 1952 - Birth of Tony Plana; actor (Ugly Betty TV show).
- 1968 - Birth of Ashley Taylor Judd [Ciminella] in Granada Hills, California, USA; actress (Kuffs, Sisters).
- 1968 - Birth of Thomas Nock in Zurich, Switzerland; actor (Tartort, Gemini - Twin Stars).
- 1978 - Birth of James Franco; American actor (Freaks and Geeks).
- 1979 - Birth of Kate Hudson; American actress (Party of Five, True Hollywood Story).
- 1981 - Birth of Catalina Sandino Moreno; actress (Current TV).
- 1981 - Birth of Hayden Christensen in Vancouver, BC, Canada; Canadian actor (Higher Ground).
- 1987 - Birth of Courtland Mead; American actor (Recess, NYPD Blue, Lloyd in Space).
Deaths on April 19
- 1926 - Squire Bancroft [Butterfield], actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at age 84.
- 1965 - George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at age 75.
- 1978 - Death of Joe Dougherty, first voice of Porky Pig (born 1898).
- 1980 - Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet - Aldrich Family), dies at age 88.
- 1980 - Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at age 51.
- 1983 - Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at age 74.
- 1986 - Death of Alvin Childress at age 78; actor (Amos - Amos 'n' Andy TV show).
- 1987 - Milt Kahl dies of cancer (born 1909). He worked on Walt Disney Company animation for 22 short films, and 24 feature films.
- 1987 - Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, American actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at age 77 (born 1910).
- 1992 - Frankie [Francis Alex] Howerd, actor (Mr Mustard- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Carry on Doctor, Up the Front, That Was the Week That Was), dies from a heart attack at age 70.
- 1992 - Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at age 51.
- 1992 - Death of Benny [Alfred Hawthorn] Hill, British comedian and actor (The Benny Hill Show), of a heart attack at age 67 (born 1924).
- 1994 - Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at age 43.
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