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What happened in history on this day: April 24?
On April 24 in ...
- 1989 - The Disney Channel begins airing another new The New Mickey Mouse Club series.
Births on April 24
- 1892 - Birth of Jack Hulbert in Ely, England; actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack).
- 1893 - Birth of Robert Harron in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance).
- 1911 - Birth of Jack E. Leonard AKA Leonard Lebitsky in Chicago, Illinois, USA; insult comedian (Disorderly Orderly, Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace).
- 1914 - Birth of Ruth White in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; actress (Up the Down Staircase).
- 1922 - Birth of J D Cannon in Salmon, Idaho, USA; actor (Chief Clifford - McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory, Alias Smith and Jones, Law and Order).
- 1924 - Birth of Marilyn Erskine in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Fran - Tom Ewell Show).
- 1926 - Birth of Marilyn Erskine; actress (Tom Ewell Show, Climax, Lux Video Theatre).
- 1932 - Birth of Coen[rad] Flink; Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje).
- 1934 - Birth of John Barbour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; TV host/producer/comedian (Real People, On Stage America).
- 1934 - Birth of Shirley MacLaine in Richmond, Virginia, USA; actress/mystic (Irma la Douce, Shirley's World, Salem Witch Trials).
- 1936 - Birth of Jill Ireland in London, England; actress (Breakout, Assassination, Chino).
- 1940 - Birth of Michael Parks; actor-singer (Twin Peaks, Then Came Bronson).
- 1942 - Birth of Barbra [Joan] Streisand in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("The Way We Were"), actress (Funny Girl).
- 1953 - Birth of Eric Bogosian in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Talk Radio, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Love Monkey).
- 1955 - Birth of Michael O'Keefe in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife, Roseanne).
- 1964 - Birth of Djimon Hounsou; actor (ER, Alias).
- 1964 - Birth of Cedric the Entertainer; actor, comedian (Steve Harvey Show, The Proud Family).
- 1969 - Birth of Melinda Clarke; actress (The O.C., Days of Our Lives).
- 1976 - Birth of Shane McDermott; actor (Garrett Booth - Swan's Crossing).
- 1977 - Birth of Eric Balfour; actor (24, Conviction, Six Feet Under).
- 1979 - Birth of Rebecca Mader; actress (Lost).
- 1982 - Birth of Kelly Clarkson; American singer (American Idol).
- 1992 - Birth of Sean Rademaker; actor (Kirkland Harrison - Another World).
Deaths on April 24
- 1948 - Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at age 54.
- 1956 - Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr Lucky), dies at age 85.
- 1960 - John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at age 84.
- 1961 - Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at age 72.
- 1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at age 86.
- 1967 - Death of Frank Overton at age 48 of a heart attack; actor (Major Stovall - 12 O'Clock High TV show, Elias Sandoval Star Trek).
- 1968 - Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at age 62.
- 1968 - Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at age 45.
- 1974 - Death of Bud Abbott at age 78 of cancer; comedian (movie/radio/TV team of Abbott and Costello).
- 1975 - Death of William Hartnell at age 67 of heart failure; English actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life, Doctor Who).
- 1979 - John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at age 72.
- 1985 - Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at age 80.
- 1990 - Death of Tom Rolfing at age 40 of AIDS; actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff - Another World).
- 1995 - Death of Art Fleming, American actor and game show host (Jeopardy), at age 74 (born 1924).
- 1996 - Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at age 83.
- 1997 - Death of Pat Paulsen of colon cancer at age 69; comedian (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), US Presidential candidate (1968).
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