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What happened in history on this day: April 22?
On April 22 in ...
- 1952 - First atomic explosion on network news, Nob Nevada.
- 1978 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Maude.
- 1986 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show Riptide.
- 1991 - Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from The Tonight Show.
- 1991 - Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens.
Births on April 22
- 1891 - Birth of Belle Bennett in Milcoon Rapids, Iowa, USA; actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask).
- 1899 - Birth of Martyn Green in London, England; actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, The Iceman Cometh).
- 1906 - Birth of Edward Albert Heimberger AKA Eddie Albert in Rock Island, Illinois, USA; actor (Roman Holiday, The Heartbreak Kid, Oliver - Green Acres) (dies 2005).
- 1909 - Birth of Ralph Byrd in Dayton, Ohio, USA; actor (Dick Tracy TV Show).
- 1920 - Birth of Hal March in San Francisco, California, USA; actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage).
- 1923 - Birth of Aaron Spelling in Dallas, Texas, USA; TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place, Dynasty, The Love Boat, Starsky and Hutch, The Mod Squad) (dies 2006).
- 1923 - Birth of Hugh Lloyd; actor (Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising).
- 1925 - Birth of George Cole in London, England; actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers).
- 1926 - Birth of Charlotte Rae in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; actress (Edna - The Facts of Life).
- 1931 - Birth of Siem Vroom; Dutch actor (The Lift, A Bridge Too Far, Mysteries).
- 1936 - Birth of Glen Campbell in Delight, Arkansas, USA; actor/singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Galveston", "Wichita Lineman").
- 1937 - Birth of Jack Nicholson in Neptune, New Jersey, USA; actor (As Good As It Gets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining).
- 1939 - Birth of Jason Miller in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day).
- 1948 - Birth of Carole Drinkwater; actress (Father, All Creatures Great and Small).
- 1952 - Birth of Steve Bond in Haifa, Israel; actor (Jimmy Lee Holt - General Hospital, To Die For).
- 1954 - Birth of Joseph Bottoms in Santa Barbara, California, USA; actor (Surfacing, Blind Date).
- 1957 - Birth of Alan Campbell in Homestead, Florida, USA; actor (EZ - Three's a Crowd).
- 1958 - Birth of Ken Olandt; actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun).
- 1959 - Birth of Catherine Mary Stewart in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; actress (Passion and Paradise, Riding the Edge).
- 1959 - Birth of Ryan Stiles in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor/comedian (Lewis - Drew Carey Show, Who's Line Is It Anyway?).
- 1961 - Birth of Byron Allen in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show).
- 1964 - Birth of Chris Makepeace in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis).
- 1967 - Birth of Sheryl Lee in Boulder, Colorado, USA; actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder).
- 1971 - Birth of Ingo Rademacher in the German Federal Republic; actor (Jasper Jacks - General Hospital).
- 1972 - Birth of Anna Falchi in Tampera, Finland; actress (La Dolce Vita 1990).
- 1974 - Birth of Scott Nemes; actor (Ricky Halsenbach - The Wonder Years, Grant Schumacker - It's Garry Shandling).
- 1980 - Birth of Aaron Metchnik in Santa Barbara, California; actor (Stephen - Torkelsons).
- 1985 - Birth of Lauri Hendler in Fort Belvoir, Virginia; actress (Julie - Gimme a Break).
Deaths on April 22
- 1946 - Lionel Atwill, actor (Captain Blood, Great Waltz), dies at age 61.
- 1951 - Stanley Ridges, actor (Possessed, Sergeant York, Mr Ace), dies at age 59.
- 1962 - Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at age 62.
- 1967 - Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at age 62.
- 1975 - Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at age 75.
- 1978 - Death of William Auge Geer AKA Will Geer from a respiratory ailment at age 75, American actor (Grandpa - The Waltons) (born 1902).
- 1980 - Death of Jane Froman at age 72 from chronic heart and lung disease; singer ("I Only Have Eyes for You", "I'll Walk Alone", "I Believe", Jane Froman's USA Canteen TV show).
- 1988 - Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at age 96.
- 1990 - Bertil Unger, actor (Devil and Max Devlin), dies.
- 1990 - Death of Albert Salmi at age 62 of suicide after killing his terminally-ill wife in their home in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (The US Steel Hour TV show, Studio 1 TV show, Alcoa Presents TV show, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Caddyshack).
- 1992 - Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies.
- 2002 - Death of Linda Boreman AKA Linda Lovelace; actress (Deep Throat) (born 1949).
- 2023 - Death of Len Goodman at age 78 of a stroke following bone cancer; ballroom dancer (four time winner of British Exhibition Championships), TV show judge (Strictly Come Dancing TV show, Dancing with the Stars TV show (29 seasons)).
- 2023 - Death of Barry Humphries at age 89 in hospital from complications of hip surgery; Australian actor (Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson).
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