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What happened in history on this day: June 5?
On June 5 in ...
- 1954 - NBC airs the last Your Show of Shows TV show.
- 1971 - Longevity guru Jerome Rodale dies during the taping of the Dick Cavett Show at age 72.
- 1995 - The NBC TV network ceases airing the Disney series Blossom.
Births on June 5
- 1895 - Birth of William Boyd in Cambridge, Ohio, USA; actor (Hopalong Cassidy in movies, on radio, and on TV).
- 1905 - Birth of John Abbott in London, England; actor (Smogasboard).
- 1914 - Birth of Stan Jones in Douglas, Arizona, USA; actor (Sheriff of Cochise).
- 1925 - Birth of Bill Hayes in Harvey, Illinois, USA; actor/singer (Your Show of Shows, Days of Our Lives).
- 1926 - Birth of Bill Hayes in Illinois, USA; actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of Our Lives).
- 1928 - Birth of Robert Lansing in San Diego, California, USA; actor (General George Custer - Branded, General Frank Savage - Twelve O'Clock High, Peter Murphy/Mark Wainwright - The Man Who Never Was, Control - The Equalizer, Paul Blaisdell - Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Automan).
- 1928 - Birth of Tony Richardson in England; director (Delicate Balance, The Hotel New Hampshire).
- 1931 - Birth of Jacques Demy in France; director (Lola, Magic Donkey).
- 1934 - Birth of Bill D Moyers in Hugo, Oklahoma, USA; news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal).
- 1937 - Birth of Waylon Jennings in Littlefield, Texas, USA; country singer/songwriter (recorded 60 albums, had 16 No. 1 country singles, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, narrated and sang the theme song for the TV series Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1938 - Birth of Howard Platt; actor (Bob Newhart Show, Sanford and Son, Empire).
- 1946 - Birth of Stefania Sandrelli in Viareggio, Italy; actress (The Key).
- 1954 - Birth of Nancy Stafford; actress (Matlock, The Doctors).
- 1956 - Birth of Nicolette Goulet in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Guiding Light).
- 1962 - Birth of Jeff Garlin; actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm).
- 1967 - Birth of Ron Livingston; actor (The Practice, Band of Brothers).
- 1971 - Birth of Mark Wahlberg AKA Marky Mark in Massachusetts, USA; actor-singer-producer (Entourage).
- 1974 - Birth of Chad Allen Lazzari in Cerritos, California; actor (David - Our House, My two Dads, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman).
- 1977 - Birth of Navi Rawat; actress (Numb3rs).
- 1977 - Birth of Liza Weil; actress (Gilmore Girls).
Deaths on June 5
- 1971 - Longevity guru Jerome Rodale dies during the taping of the Dick Cavett Show at age 72.
- 1973 - Death of Hal Gibney at age 61; announcer (Dragnet radio and TV shows).
- 1992 - Death of Laurence Naismith at age 83 in Australia; actor (The Persuaders, Profiles in Courage, The Defenders).
- 1996 - Death of Vito Scotti of lung cancer at age 78; character actor (Luigi - Life With Luigi, The Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park, Disneyland, Peter Gunn, Mad About You).
- 1998 - Death of Jeanette Nolan following a stroke at age 86; radio voice actress (The March of Time, Cavalcade of America, The Court of Missing Heirs, The Adventures of Mister Meek, Life Begins, Manhattan at Midnight), TV actress (over 300 shows, Perry Mason (1957), I Spy (1965), MacGyver (1985), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Richard Boone Show (1963), The Virginian (1962)).
- 2004 - Death of Ronald Reagan of Alzheimer's at age 93; actor, TV host (Death Valley Days, GE Theatre), 40th US President).
- 2023 - Death of Anna Shay at age 62 of a stroke; actor (Bling Empire TV show).
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