|
What happened in history on this day: May 1?
On May 1 in ...
- 1921 - First full-length feature film with sound, Dream Street, is shown in New York City, USA. The film was made by United Artists.
- 1941 - Film Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York.
- 1988 - The final episode of TV show Magnum, P.I. airs.
- 2015 - Buena Vista releases the film Avengers: Age of Ultron to theaters.
Births on May 1
- 1892 - Birth of Howard Barlow in Plain City, Ohio, USA; conductor (Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Voice of Firestone radio and TV show).
- 1905 - Birth of Leila Hyams in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap).
- 1916 - Birth of Glenn Ford in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; actor (Cade's County, The Family Holvak, Big Heat, Midway).
- 1916 - Birth of Jack Paar in Canton, Ohio, USA; actor/comedian/TV host (The Breakfast Club radio show, Up to Paar TV show, Bank on the Stars TV show, Early Show, Tonight Show).
- 1917 - Birth of Danielle Darrieux in France; actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling).
- 1917 - Birth of John Beradino in Los Angeles, California, USA; major league baseball player, TV actor (I Led Three Lives, The New Breed, Steve Hardy - General Hospital).
- 1917 - Birth of Lodewijk Gerard van Hensbergen AKA Lo van Hensbergen; author, actor (Amsterdam Affair).
- 1919 - Birth of Dan O'Herlihy in Ireland; actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop).
- 1922 - Birth of Louis Nye in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; comic actor (Steve Allen, Men on the Street, Happy Days, Curb Your Enthusiasm).
- 1924 - Birth of Art Fleming in the Bronx, New York, USA; TV host (Jeopardy) (dies 1995).
- 1927 - Birth of Roland Verhavert; Flemish screen writer (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor).
- 1933 - Birth of Joan Hackett in East Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; actress (Defenders, Another Day).
- 1939 - Birth of Max Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, USA; news anchor (ABC Evening News).
- 1939 - Birth of Ray Aranha in Miami, Florida, USA; actor (Nick - Married People).
- 1941 - Birth of Barbara Barendrecht [BHM Wurfbain]; actress (Dirty Picture).
- 1942 - Birth of Stephen Macht in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Joe - Knots Landing, Cagney and Lacey, State of Mind, Melrose Place).
- 1943 - Birth of Joy Harmon in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Cool Hand Luke).
- 1946 - Birth of Bruce Robinson; actor (Story of Adele H).
- 1946 - Birth of Joanna Lumley in Kashmir, India; actress (Ab Fab, On Her Majesty's Secret Service).
- 1949 - Birth of Douglas Barr in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; actor-director (Howie - The Fall Guy, Designing Women).
- 1951 - Birth of Dann Florek; actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit).
- 1954 - Birth of Michael Scott; reporter (Entertainment Tonight).
- 1954 - Birth of Ray Parker Junior in Detroit, Michigan, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist ("Ghostbusters").
- 1956 - Birth of Byron Stewart in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA; actor (Warren Coolidge - St Elsewhere).
- 1958 - Birth of John Diehl in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Detective Zito - Miami Vice).
- 1966 - Birth of Charlie Schlatter in New York City, New York, USA; actor (18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel, Diagnosis Murder, Ferris Bueller's Day Off).
- 1967 - Birth of Scott Coffey in Hawaii; actor (Satisfaction, Shout).
- 1976 - Birth of Darius McCrary in Walnut, California, USA; actor (Edward Winslow - Family Matters).
Deaths on May 1
- 1937 - Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at age 75.
- 1952 - William Fox [Fried], American film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at age 73.
- 1954 - Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at age 50.
- 1957 - Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at age 82.
- 1965 - Death of Spike (Lindley Armstrong) Jones at age 53 from emphysema; band leader and drummer ("Cocktails for Two", "Der Fuhrer's Face", "You Always Hurt the One You Love", "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth", The Spike Jones Show TV Show).
- 1969 - Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at age 56.
- 1971 - Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at age 75.
- 1971 - Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at age 66.
- 1976 - Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at age 75.
- 1982 - Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo - Zorro), dies at age 72.
- 1984 - Death of Gordon Jenkins of Lou Gehrig's Disease at age 73; orchestra leader (The Mayor of the Town, The Man Called X, Al Jolson, Jack Carson, Dick Haymes, NBC Comedy Hour), musical director (Decca, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole).
- 1988 - Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies.
- 1989 - Death of Douglass Watson at age 68; actor (Mac Cory - Another World TV show).
- 1989 - Marion Mack, actress (General), dies.
- 1990 - Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at age 62.
- 1991 - Richard Thorpe, MGM film director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies at age 95.
- 2022 - Death of Ric Parnell at age 70; actor (Mick Shrimpton - This Is Spinal Tap movie).
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/tvmovie/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|