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What happened in history on this day: May 7?
On May 7 in ...
- 1947 - NBC debuts the live TV show Kraft Television Theater.
- 1987 - Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on TV show Cheers.
- 1995 - NBC airs the final episode of Matlock TV show.
- 1998 - TV hostess/reporter Leeza Gibbons received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1999 - A jury rules that The Jenny Jones Show TV show and Warner Bros. are liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure, killed by another guest on the show. The jury's award is $25 million.
- 1999 - Universal releases the film The Mummy to theaters.
- 2010 - Paramount releases the film Iron Man 2 to theaters.
Births on May 7
- 1867 - Birth of Philippine "Pine" Belder [Mary de Klerk]; actress (Hope of Blessing).
- 1885 - Birth of George Hayes AKA Gabby Hayes in Wellsville, New York, USA; actor (The Gabby Hayes Show TV show, In Old Santa Fe movie, El Paso movie).
- 1888 - Birth of Selmer Jackson in Lake Mills, Iowa, USA; actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp).
- 1890 - Birth of Billy House in Minnesota, USA; actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I).
- 1900 - Birth of Ralph Truman in London, England; actor (Web of Evidence).
- 1901 - Birth of Gary Cooper in Helena, Montana, USA; actor (two Academy Awards - Sergeant York, High Noon).
- 1908 - Birth of Ed MacDonald; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown).
- 1917 - Birth of David Tomlinson in Scotland; actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter).
- 1922 - Birth of Darren McGavin in San Joaquin, California, USA; actor (Mike Hammer TV show, Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV show, Riverboat TV show, Crime Photographer TV show, Murphy Brown TV show (Emmy award), Tribes, Turk 182).
- 1922 - Birth of Gale Robbins in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress/singer (Hollywood House, Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex).
- 1923 - Birth of Anne Baxter in Michigan City, Indiana, USA; actress (All About Eve movie, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks - Batman TV show, Myra - Marcus Welby TV show, Victoria - Hotel TV show, Love Boat TV show, Name of the Game TV show).
- 1926 - Birth of Val Bisoglio in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lieutenant Marsh - Police Woman, Danny - Quincy ME).
- 1928 - Birth of John Ingle; actor (Edward Quartermaine - General Hospital, Port Charles).
- 1930 - Birth of Totie Fields AKA Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; comedienne (Ed Sullivan Show TV show 40 times, 125 appearances on The Mike Douglas Show TV show, Merv Griffin show TV show).
- 1932 - Birth of Hans Boskamp [Johan HG Hoelscher]; actor/producer (Oh My Papa).
- 1938 - Birth of Kevin O'Connor in Honolulu, Hawaii; actor (Bogie, Special Effects).
- 1939 - Birth of Marco Saint John in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Rayford - Ball Four).
- 1940 - Birth of John Irvin; actor (Moment in Time).
- 1944 - Birth of John Heard; actor (The Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big).
- 1944 - Birth of Sivi Aberg; actress (Batman TV show).
- 1945 - Birth of Robin Strasser in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Dorian - One Life to Live, Another World, Passions).
- 1948 - Birth of Peter Wingfield in Wales; rocker/actor (Methos - Highlander).
- 1949 - Birth of Stuart Marshall; director (Desire).
- 1951 - Birth of Robert Hegyes in Metuchen, New Jersey, USA; actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter).
- 1952 - Birth of Amy Heckerling in the Bronx, New York, USA; director (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless).
- 1955 - Birth of Peter Reckell in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; actor (Days of Our Lives).
- 1959 - Birth of Michael E Knight in Princeton, New Jersey, USA; actor (Date with Angel, All My Children).
- 1968 - Birth of Traci Lords [Nora Louise Kuzma] in Steubenville, Ohio, USA; actress (Cry Baby).
- 1969 - Birth of Traci Lords; actress (First Wave, Profiler).
- 1974 - Birth of Breckin Meyer; actor (Robot Chicken, King of the Hill).
- 1991 - Birth of Taylor Abrahamse in Ontario, Canada; actor (Doc, Future is Wild).
Deaths on May 7
- 1985 - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at age 54.
- 1989 - Death of Guy Williams of a brain aneurism at age 65 in Argentina; actor (Zorro - Zorro, Lost in Space, Bonanza, Disneyland).
- 1990 - Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at age 60.
- 1993 - Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at age 89.
- 2000 - Death of Douglas Fairbanks Junior at age 90 after a heart attack; host (Douglas Fairbanks Presents TV show), actor (King Richard - The Legend of Robin Hood, Dr. Kildare TV show, Love Boat TV show, Route 66 TV show).
- 2007 - Death of Fulton Burley in Carlsbad, California, USA, at age 84; actor, performer in Disney's Golden Horseshoe Revue, voice of Michael in Enchanted Tiki Room, named Disney Legend in 1995.
- 2013 - Death of Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker and creator of visual effects (born 1920).
- 2022 - Death of Bruce MacVittie at age 65 in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sex and the City TV show, The Sopranos TV show).
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