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What happened in history on this day: April 23?
On April 23 in ...
- 1896 - Vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City).
Births on April 23
- 1890 - Birth of Marcel L'Herbier; French director/screenwriter (El Dorado).
- 1893 - Birth of Frank Borzage in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo).
- 1894 - Birth of Basil Sydney in Saint Osyth, Essex, England; actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife).
- 1894 - Birth of George Renevant in Paris, France; actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X).
- 1897 - Birth of Harold French; director (Encore), actor.
- 1897 - Birth of John Wengraf in Vienna, Austria; actor (12 to Moon, Pride and Passion).
- 1904 - Birth of Duncan Renaldo in Spain; actor (Cisco Kid).
- 1904 - Birth of Leslie French; actor/singer ("More than a Miracle").
- 1906 - Birth of Marcel Hillaire in Cologne, Germany; actor (Adventures in Paradise).
- 1911 - Birth of Ronald Neame; director (First Monday in October, The Poseidon Adventure).
- 1914 - Birth of John Hubbard in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, USA; actor (Don't Call Me Charlie).
- 1921 - Birth of Janet Blair in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family).
- 1928 - Birth of Shirley Temple Black in Santa Monica, California, USA; child actress (Heidi)/ambassador (United Nations).
- 1930 - Birth of Alan Oppenheimer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Six Million Dollar Man, Eischied).
- 1936 - Birth of Estelle Harris; actress (Estelle Castanza - Seinfeld).
- 1939 - Birth of David Birney in Washington DC, USA; actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St. Elsewhere).
- 1939 - Birth of Lee Majors [Harvey Lee Yearly] in Wyandotte, Michigan, USA; TV actor (Big Valley, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fall Guy).
- 1943 - Birth of Herve Villechaize in France; actor (Tatoo - Fantasy Island, "Da Plane! Da Plane!").
- 1943 - Birth of [Gerardus] Bob van Toll; actor/interpreter/director (Pastorale 1943).
- 1944 - Birth of Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck] in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; actress (Gidget, A Summer Place, Tammy and the Doctor, Imitation of Life).
- 1948 - Birth of Tessa Wyatt; actress (Beast in the Cellar, Wedding Night).
- 1949 - Birth of Blair Brown in Washington DC, USA; actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd).
- 1949 - Birth of Joyce DeWitt in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA; actress (Janet Wood - Three's Company).
- 1952 - Birth of Lionel Johnston in Augusta, Georgia, USA; actor (Sons and Daughters).
- 1953 - Birth of James Russo in New York City, New York, USA; actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl).
- 1955 - Birth of Judy Davis in Perth, Australia; actress (Husbands and Wives).
- 1955 - Birth of Su Ingle in London, England; British TV hostess (Tomorrow's World).
- 1957 - Birth of Jan Hooks in Decatur, Georgia, USA; comedienne actress (Saturday Night Live, Designing Women).
- 1960 - Birth of Valerie Bertinelli in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; actress (One Day at a Time, Sydney).
- 1964 - Birth of Dan Frischman in Whippany, New Jersey, USA; actor (Arvid Engen - Head of the Class).
- 1967 - Birth of Melina Kanakaredes in Akron, Ohio, USA; actress (Dr Sydney Hanson - Providence, Eleni Andros - Guiding Light).
Deaths on April 23
- 1957 - William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at age 89.
- 1965 - Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at age 67.
- 1970 - Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at age 51.
- 1976 - James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at age 69.
- 1976 - Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at age 47.
- 1976 - Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer - Corner Bar), dies at age 68.
- 1983 - Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at age 78.
- 1984 - August "Guus" Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at age 68.
- 1985 - Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at age 78.
- 1990 - Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies.
- 1990 - Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies of heart failure in Ronco, Switzerland at age 78 (born 1910).
- 1998 - Death of Philip Abbott at age 75 of cancer; actor (Arthur Ward - The FBI).
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