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What happened in history on this day: April 30?
On April 30 in ...
- 1939 - NBC and RCA give first public television demonstration with US President Franklin Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair.
- 1964 - Federal Communications Commission rules that all US TV receivers should be equipped to receive both VHF (channels 2-13) and the new UHF (channels 14-83).
- 1975 - ABC airs the pilot episode of the TV show Starsky and Hutch.
- 1989 - Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show.
- 1992 - NBC-TV airs the 208th and final episode of The Cosby Show.
Births on April 30
- 1899 - Birth of Lucie Mannheim in Berlin, Germany; actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps).
- 1908 - Birth of Eve Arden AKA Eunice Quedens in Mill Valley, California, USA; actress (Connie - Our Miss Brooks radio and TV show (Emmy award)).
- 1910 - Birth of Al Lewis in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Grampa - The Munsters TV show, Leo Schnauser - Car 54 Where are You?).
- 1915 - Birth of Johnny Galecki; actor (Danny - American Dreamer).
- 1923 - Birth of Al Lewis; actor (Grandpa - The Munsters).
- 1925 - Birth of Corinne Calvet in Paris, France; actress (Phantom of Hollywood).
- 1926 - Birth of Cloris Leachman in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actress (Phyllis, Last Picture Show, High Anxiety, Mary Tyler Moore, Malcolm in the Middle).
- 1926 - Birth of Corinne Calvet in France; actress (Apache Uprising).
- 1929 - Birth of Peter Carsten in Weissenberg, Bavaria, Germany; actor (Mr Super Invisible).
- 1936 - Birth of Zohra Lampert; actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra).
- 1938 - Birth of Gary Collins in Venice, California, USA; actor/host (Sixth Sense, Home Show, Hour Magazine).
- 1940 - Birth of Burt Young in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Convoy, Rocky, The Last Don, Roomies, Sopranos).
- 1944 - Birth of Jill Clayburgh in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough, Ally McBeal, Leap of Faith, Search for Tomorrow).
- 1948 - Birth of Perry King in Alliance, Ohio, USA; actor (Cody - Riptide, Andy Warhol's Bad, Titans, Melrose Place).
- 1959 - Birth of Kamaran Abdalla; Iraq/England/Netherlands actor (Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden).
- 1959 - Birth of Paul Gross in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; actor (Slings and Arrows, Due South).
- 1965 - Birth of Adrian Pasdar in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA; actor (C Oliver Resor - Feds, Top Gun, Heroes).
- 1968 - Birth of Babette Van Veen in the Netherlands; actress (Linda - GTST, Blueberry Hill).
- 1970 - Birth of Debbie D in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Attack of Vampire Mermaid).
- 1972 - Birth of Lisa Dean Ryan; actress (Class of 96, Doogie Howser MD).
- 1975 - Birth of Johnny Galecki in Bree, Belgium; actor (American Dreamer, David - Roseanne, Big Bang Theory).
- 1982 - Birth of Kirsten Dunst; American actress (Interview with the Vampire, ER, Sisters, Loving).
Deaths on April 30
- 1963 - Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at age 74.
- 1965 - Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at age 56.
- 1970 - Death of Inger Stevens AKA Inger Stensland at age 35 by suicide overdose of sleeping pills; actress (Katy - The Farmer's Daughter TV show).
- 1972 - Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at age 38.
- 1973 - Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at age 75.
- 1974 - Death of Agnes Moorehead at age 73 of lung cancer; actress (Mercury Players radio show, Suspense, The Mayor of the Town radio show, Endora - Bewitched TV show, The Wild Wild West TV show (Emmy award)).
- 1980 - Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies.
- 1983 - Jerry Hatsuo, Fujikawa actor (Uncle Matsu - Mr T and Tina), dies at age 71.
- 1985 - George Pravada, Czechoslovakian actor (Felscher - Holocaust), dies at age 66 (born 1918).
- 1987 - Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies.
- 1989 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly), dies at age 60 (born 1929).
- 1991 - Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at age 39.
- 1994 - Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at age 53.
- 1996 - David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at age 78.
- 2007 - Death of Tom Poston at age 85 of respiratory failure; comedy actor (Steve Allen Show TV show, Bob Newhart Show TV show, Family Matters TV show, Murphy Brown TV show, Home Improvement TV show, Cosby TV show, Malcolm and Eddie TV show, ER TV show, Grace Under Fire TV show, That '70s Show TV show, Will and Grace TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Naomi Judd AKA Diana Ellen Judd by suicide at age 76; American country singer (The Judds - "Love Can Build a Bridge" song, "Mama He's Crazy" (1983), "Let Me Tell You About Love" (1989), five Grammy awards), actor (Rio Diablo movie (1993)).
- 2023 - Death of Jock Zonfrillo at age 46; author, chef, reality show judge (MasterChef Australia TV show).
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