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What happened in history on this day: April 26?
On April 26 in ...
- 1987 - The syndicated TV show Today's Business is cancelled, after losing close to US$5 million in seven months.
- 1991 - The ABC TV network begins airing the series Dinosaurs.
- 1993 - NBC announces Conan O'Brien is to replace David Lettermann as host of late night TV show.
- 1998 - FOX airs the 200th episode of The Simpsons animated TV show.
- 2001 - NBC airs the 100th episode of Just Shoot Me TV show.
- 2009 - In London, England, the British Academy Television Awards ceremony is held.
Best actor: Stephen Dillane for The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall;
Best actress: Anna Maxwell Martin for Poppy Shakespeare;
Best drama series: Wallander;
Best entertainment programme: The X Factor;
Best situation comedy: The IT Crowd.
- 2019 - The Movie "Avengers: Endgame" is released in theaters, becoming the highest grossing movie of all time.
Births on April 26
- 1878 - Birth of Ethel Griffies; actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again).
- 1884 - Birth of Harry Sothern; actor (Dr Huer - Buck Rogers).
- 1890 - Birth of Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy; US actor/director (My Old Dutch).
- 1897 - Birth of Olga Chekova in Russia; actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children).
- 1899 - Birth of Guinn "Big Boy" Williams in Decatur, Texas, USA; actor (Circus Boy, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail).
- 1900 - Birth of Douglas Sirk; director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje).
- 1900 - Birth of James Sutherland; English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953).
- 1903 - Birth of Niven Busch; US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice).
- 1905 - Birth of Denis O'Dea in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Esther and the King, Treasure Island).
- 1905 - Birth of Jean Vigo in France; actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante).
- 1910 - Birth of Tomoyuki Tanaka; director (Godzilla).
- 1911 - Birth of Marianne Hoppe in Rostock, Germany; actor (Bei Thea, Liebrauen).
- 1918 - Birth of Stafford Repp in California, USA; actor (Chief O'Hara - Batman, Plunder Road).
- 1922 - Birth of Mike Kellin in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz and Bones).
- 1924 - Birth of Russell Nype in Zion, Illinois, USA; singer/actor (Burton Farley - Dorothy).
- 1927 - Birth of Anne McLaren; biologist/zoologist/actress (Things to Come).
- 1927 - Birth of Jack Douglas; comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Derek Waring; actor (Barnacle Bill, Arthur - Heart of the Country).
- 1948 - Birth of Boyd Matson; TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer).
- 1956 - Birth of Koo Stark [Kathleen Dee-Anne]; photographer/actress (Emily).
- 1956 - Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at age 66.
- 1958 - Birth of Giancarlo Esposito; actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of New York).
- 1961 - Birth of Joan Chen [Chen Chong] in Shanghai, China; actress (Heaven and Earth).
- 1962 - Birth of Michael Damian in San Diego, California, USA; actor/singer (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Young and the Restless).
- 1964 - Birth of Tod Bass in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In).
- 1966 - Birth of Heather Rattray in Moline, Illinois, USA; actress (Lily - As the World Turns).
- 1979 - Birth of Sean Fox; actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl).
- 1980 - Birth of Jordana Brewster in Panamá; actress (Nikki Graves - As the World Turns).
- 1980 - Birth of Marne Patterson in Sherman Oaks, California; actress (Nicole - Something So Right).
- 1984 - Birth of Ryan O'Donohue in Pomona, California; actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back).
Deaths on April 26
- 1952 - Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at age 59.
- 1961 - Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at age 36.
- 1973 - Irene Ryan, actress (Granny - The Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 71 six weeks after suffering a stroke while performing in the Broadway musical Pippin.
- 1976 - Neil McCallum, actor (Pete - Saber of London), dies at age 45.
- 1976 - Sid James, British comedy actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On movies) collapses from a heart attack onstage at the Sunderland Empire during a performance of The Mating Game and dies in hospital shortly thereafter at age 65.
- 1980 - Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at age 87.
- 1981 - Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas), dies at age 65.
- 1981 - Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at age 71.
- 1982 - Celia Johnson, British actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed, Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at age 73.
- 1983 - Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at age 72.
- 1984 - Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at age 70.
- 1984 - May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies after a heart attack at age 82.
- 1986 - Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at age 87.
- 1986 - [William] Broderick Crawford, American actor (Highway Patrol), dies at age 74 (born 1911).
- 1989 - Death of Lucille Ball of an aortic aneurism at age 77; actress/comedienne (I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy).
- 1991 - Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie - General Hospital), dies at age 61.
- 1992 - Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at age 87.
- 2005 - Death of Mason Adams at age 86; actor (Pepper Young's Family radio show, Lou Grant TV show, commercial voice-overs (Smuckers Jams)).
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