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What happened in history on this day: April 29?
On April 29 in ...
- 1961 - ABC-TV debuts ABC's Wide World of Sports, hosted by Jim McKay.
- 1979 - ABC airs the final episode of the original Battlestar Galactica TV show.
- 1995 - Final broadcast of Empty Nest on NBC TV.
- 2000 - The 100th episode of Pokémon TV show airs in the US.
- 2005 - JAG ends its ten-season run on CBS TV with a flip of a coin, frozen in mid air, leaving viewers wondering if it was Harm, or was it Mac (Sara), who gave up their career in order for the couple to be together.
Births on April 29
- 1894 - Birth of Paul Hörbiger in Budapest, Hungary; actor (Liebelei).
- 1899 - Birth of Natalie Talmadge; actress (Our Hospitality).
- 1903 - Birth of Frank Parker in New York City, New York, USA; singer (The Jack Benny Radio Show, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party).
- 1907 - Birth of Fred Zinnemann in Vienna, Austria; movie director (From Here to Eternity, Day of the Jackal, Julia).
- 1909 - Birth of Tom Ewell [S Yewell Tompkins] in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA; actor (Tom Ewell Show, Seven Year Itch, Adam's Rib).
- 1912 - Birth of Richard Carlson in Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA; actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi, I Led Three Lives TV show, MacKenzie's Raiders TV show).
- 1914 - Birth of Ewan Roberts in Edinburgh, Scotland; actress (Private Benjamin).
- 1917 - Birth of Celeste Holm; actress (Archie Bunker's Place, Falcon Crest, Touched By An Angel).
- 1919 - Birth of Celeste Holm in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve).
- 1922 - Birth of Tommy Noonan in Bellingham, Washington, USA; actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises).
- 1923 - Birth of Irvin Kershner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Never Say Never Again).
- 1923 - Birth of Maxine Audley in London, England; actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards).
- 1925 - Birth of Ab Abspoel; Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator).
- 1931 - Birth of William Ball; actor (Suburban Commando).
- 1933 - Birth of Keith Baxter in South Wales; actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street).
- 1935 - Birth of Len Weinrib in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Spike Jones Show).
- 1936 - Birth of Lane Smith in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Perry - Lois and Clark, Chiefs, Nathan - V).
- 1936 - Birth of Richard Lynch; actor (Xavier - Battlestar Galactica).
- 1944 - Birth of Richard Kline; actor (Three's Company, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1945 - Birth of Richard Warwick; actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If).
- 1946 - Birth of Franc Roddam; director (K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia).
- 1946 - Birth of John Waters in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; director (Hairspray).
- 1948 - Birth of Reb Brown in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Cage, Yor, Captain America, Fast Break).
- 1949 - Birth of Anita Dobson in England; actress (Annie Watts - EastEnders).
- 1949 - Birth of Susan Pratt; actress (Barbara Montgomery - All My Children, Claire Ramsey - Guiding Light).
- 1952 - Birth of Deborah Van Valkenburgh in Schnectady, New York, USA; actress (Too Close for Comfort).
- 1952 - Birth of Nora Dunn in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Miami Blues, Working Girl).
- 1954 - Birth of Jerry Seinfeld; comedian/actor (Seinfeld).
- 1955 - Birth of Kate Mulgrew in Dubuque, Iowa, USA; actress (Captain Janeway - Star Trek: Voyager, Heartbeat, Kate Loves a Mystery).
- 1957 - Birth of Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis in London, England; actor, two Best Actor Academy Awards.
- 1958 - Birth of Daniel Day-Lewis in England; actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot).
- 1958 - Birth of Eve Plumb in Burbank, California, USA; actress (Jan - The Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka).
- 1958 - Birth of Michelle Pfeiffer in Santa Ana, California, USA; actress (What Lies Beneath, Up Close and Personal, Ladyhawke, Married to the Mob, Grease 2).
- 1960 - Birth of Joseph Guzaldo in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Stir Crazy).
- 1970 - Birth of Uma Thurman in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction).
- 1985 - Birth of Zane Carney; actor (Dave's World).
Deaths on April 29
- 1951 - Jules Verstraete [Julien G de Graef], actor (Boefje), dies at age 67.
- 1966 - Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 85.
- 1967 - Anthony Mann, US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at age 60.
- 1980 - Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at age 80 from renal failure (born 1899).
- 1988 - Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies.
- 1991 - Death of Ken Curtis at age 74 in his sleep; singer (Shep Fields Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Roy Rogers, The Sons of the Pioneers), actor (Festus - Gunsmoke, The Yellow Rose).
- 1992 - Mae Clarke, actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at age 84.
- 1993 - Death of Cy Howard at age 77 of heart failure; director (Lovers and Other Strangers, My Friend Irma).
- 1993 - Michael Gordon, actor/director (Pillow Talk), dies at age 83.
- 1994 - Bill Quinn, American actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at age 81.
- 2022 - Death of Joanna Barnes at age 87 at home in Sea Ranch, California, USA; actor (The Parent Trap movie, Tarzan movie).
- 2022 - Death of Mike Hagerty in Los Angeles, California, USA, at age 67; actor (Friends TV show, Seinfeld TV show).
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