What happened in history on this day: July 4?
On July 4 in ...
- 1950 - NBC airs the last (until 1958) The Ed Wynn Show TV show.
- 1967 - CBS-TV first airs the Spotlight musical variety series.
- 1971 - The CBS TV network airs the last Hogan's Heroes TV show in the USA.
- 1975 - The ABC TV network airs the last The Odd Couple TV show in the USA.
- 2019 - Premiere of season three of Stranger Things TV show in the USA.
Births on July 4
- 1880 - Birth of Pat Rooney; vaudevillian/actor (Night Club).
- 1898 - Birth of Johnny Lee in Missouri, USA; actor (Algonguin J. Calhoun (Amos 'n' Andy radio and TV series).
- 1902 - Birth of George Murphy in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; politician (Senator-Republican-California), actor, dancer (MGM Parade).
- 1902 - Birth of Vince Barnett in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (A Star is Born, Human Jungle).
- 1910 - Birth of Gloria Stuart; actress (General Hospital, Touched by an Angel, Murder She Wrote).
- 1912 - Birth of Virginia Graham in Chicago, Illinois, USA; TV personality (Girl Talk, Where Was I).
- 1912 - Birth of A. Davidson Dunton in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; newspaperman, Chairman of the CBC's Board of Governors, President of Carleton University.
- 1913 - Birth of Virginia Graham in Chicago, Illinois, USA; radio and TV hostess (Weekday radio show, Girl Talk TV show (1963-1969), The Virginia Graham Show (1970-1972), guest on The Tonight Show).
- 1918 - Birth of Buster Davis in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA; choral director (Garry Moore Show).
- 1924 - Birth of Eva Marie Saint in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actress (On the Waterfront, Moonlighting, A Year in the Life, How the West Was Won, Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus).
- 1926 - Birth of Mary Stuart in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (Jo - Search for Tomorrow).
- 1927 - Birth of Gina Lollobrigida in Subiaco, Italy; actress (Trapeze, Falcon Crest).
- 1927 - Birth of Neil Simon; playwright (The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues, Your Show of Shows).
- 1928 - Birth of Stephen Boyd; actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur).
- 1939 - Birth of Ed Bernard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Joe - Police Woman, Jim - White Shadow).
- 1943 - Birth of Geraldo Rivera in New York City, New York, USA; news personality (20/20, Geraldo).
- 1974 - Birth of Jenica Bergere; actress (Girls Behaving Badly, Drew Carey Show).
- 1984 - Birth of Gina Glocksen, American Idol finalist.
Deaths on July 4
- 1957 - Judy Tyler, actress (Princess - Howdy Doody), dies at age 24 in car crash.
- 1963 - Death of Grant Richards at age 48 in a car accident; actor (Gangbusters radio show, Untouchables TV show, Perry Mason, M Squad, Bonanza, The Rifleman, Love of Life, Doug - Doorway to Danger).
- 1989 - Death of Vic Perrin at age 73 actor and voice artist (Dragnet, Gunsmoke, Escape, Fort Laramie, One Man's Family, The Clyde Beatty Show, Jonny Quest, The Outer Limits, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Scooby Doo, Star Trek).
- 1995 - Death of Eva Gabor at age 76 from food poisoning and pneumonia; actress (Green Acres TV show).
- 1997 - Death of Charles Kuralt at age 62 of complications from lupus; CBS newsman/anchor, host of CBS Sunday Morning.
- 2003 - Death of Tyler McVey at age 81 of leukemia; radio actor (Glamour Manor, One Man's Family, The Hermit's Cave, Wild Bill Hickok), radio announcer (Smiths of Hollywood), TV actor (Men Into Space, You Are There, Bat Masterson, Death Valley Days, The Wild, Wild West, The F.B.I., Bonanza, Ironside, Ellery Queen, Eight Is Enough, Highway to Heaven).
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