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What happened in history on this day: May 4?
On May 4 in ...
- 1957 - Alan Freed hosts Rock n' Roll Show on ABC-TV, first prime-time network rock show.
- 1964 - NBC debuts the TV drama show Another World.
- 1964 - CBS debuts the TV drama show As the World Turns.
- 1965 - NBC airs the last That Was the Week That Was TV show.
- 1973 - First US TV network female nudity: Valerie Perrine in the PBS production of Steambath.
- 1974 - The 100th episode of US TV show Soul Train airs.
- 1999 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show NewsRadio.
- 2001 - Universal releases the film The Mummy Returns to theaters.
- 2007 - Sony releases the film Spider-Man 3 to theaters.
- 2012 - Buena Vista releases the film The Avengers to theaters.
Births on May 4
- 1893 - Birth of Edgar Dearing in Ceres, California, USA; actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy).
- 1903 - Birth of Luther Adler in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dr Bernard Altman - The Psychiatrist, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, Hawaii Five-0 TV show).
- 1906 - Birth of Esmond Knight in East Sheen, England; actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder).
- 1909 - Birth of Howard Da Silva in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Ben Franklin - 1776, When The Boat Comes In TV show, For the People TV show, The American Parade TV mini-series, Masquerade TV movie, The Cafeteria TV movie).
- 1910 - Birth of Mady Alfredo [Maria M the Brieder]; actress (Alicia).
- 1912 - Birth of Lou Brown in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show).
- 1915 - Birth of Curt Conway in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Raw Deal).
- 1921 - Birth of Patsy Garrett in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Nanny and the Professor).
- 1929 - Birth of Audrey Hepburn [Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston] in Brussels, Belgium; actress (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady).
- 1932 - Birth of Susan Brown in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (General Hospital).
- 1934 - Birth of Pete Barbutti in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Garry Moore Show, John Davdson Show, Pete's Place).
- 1941 - Birth of George F Will; political analyst (Night Line).
- 1944 - Birth of Paul Gleason in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (The Breakfast Club, Die Hard).
- 1949 - Birth of Sybil Danning [Danninger] in Weis, Austria; actress (Chained Heat).
- 1950 - Birth of Hilly Hicks in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Roll Out, Roots, Hill Street Blues).
- 1950 - Birth of René CM van Asten; Dutch actor (Herenstraat 10).
- 1957 - Birth of Richard E Grant in Swaziland; actor (Posse, Bram Stoker's Dracula).
- 1961 - Birth of Mary Elizabeth McDonough in Van Nuys, California, USA; actress (Erin - The Waltons).
- 1967 - Birth of Matthew Crane in Kimberton, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Matt Cory - Another World).
- 1967 - Birth of Ana Gasteyer; comedian (Saturday Night Live TV show).
- 1970 - Birth of Will Arnett; actor (Arrested Development, 30 Rock).
- 1977 - Birth of Emily Perkins in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Hiccups, DaVinci's Inquest).
- 1978 - Birth of Erin Andrews, ESPN personality.
Deaths on May 4
- 1965 - Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at age 66.
- 1971 - Louis de Bree [Louis C Davids], Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at age 87.
- 1974 - John Wengraf, actor (Pride and Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at age 77.
- 1975 - Death of Moe Howard AKA Moses Horowitz at age 77 of lung cancer; comedian (The Three Stooges).
- 1980 - Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe Spirit, Five Golden Hours), dies in Brighton, United Kingdom at age 71.
- 1984 - Death of Diana Dors at age 52 of stomach cancer; actress (Berserk!, Pantomime Quiz TV show).
- 1987 - Cathryn Damon, American actress (Mary Campbell - Soap), dies at age 56 (born 1930).
- 1997 - Death of Alvy Moore at age 75 of heart failure; comic actor (Hank Kimball - Green Acres TV show).
- 2009 - Death of Dom Deluise at age 75 of respiratory failure, prostate cancer, and other complications from diabetes and high blood pressure in Los Angeles, California, USA; comic actor and chef (The Entertainers TV show (1964), The Dean Martin Show, The Hollywood Squares TV show, Blazing Saddles movie, The Cannonball Run movie, Smokey and the Bandit II movie).
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