What happened in history on this day: July 5?
On July 5 in ...
- 1950 - NBC premieres the Truth or Consequences 30-minute TV game show.
- 1989 - In the USA, the television pilot show Seinfeld Chronicles premieres.
- 1989 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV show Hard Times on Planet Earth.
Births on July 5
- 1889 - Birth of Jean Cocteau in France; writer/artist/film maker (Le Potamak).
- 1904 - Birth of Don Goddard in Binghamton, New York, USA; news ancher (ABC Evening News 1958-59).
- 1904 - Birth of Milburn Stone in Bruton, Kansas, USA; actor (Doc Adams - Gunsmoke).
- 1927 - Birth of Beverly Tyler in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; actress/vocalist (Shower of Stars TV show, Cavalcade of Stars, Best Foot Forward, Fireball, Lorelei Kilbourne - Big Town TV show).
- 1928 - Birth of Warren Oates in Depoy, Kentucky, USA; actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke).
- 1929 - Birth of Katherine Helmond in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (Soap, Mona - Who's The Boss?).
- 1934 - Birth of Katherine Helmond; actress (Who's The Boss, Soap).
- 1936 - Birth of Shirley Knight in Goessei, Kansas, USA; actress (Endless Love, Secrets, Maggie Winters, Desperate Housewives).
- 1945 - Birth of Jeffrey Kramer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ted Stein - Struck by Lightning).
- 1958 - Birth of Patsy Pease in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; actress (Kimberly - Days of Our Lives).
- 1959 - Birth of Patricia Pease in Jeffers, North Carolina, USA; actress (Kimberly - Days of Our Lives).
- 1963 - Birth of Edie Falco; actress (The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie).
- 1965 - Birth of Kathryn Erbe; actress (Law and Order: Criminal Intent).
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Bays in Enrico, California, USA; actor (Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Lives).
- 1975 - Birth of Dale Godboldo; actor (Kristin, Shasta McNasty).
- 1985 - Birth of Stephanie McIntosh; Australian actress (Neighbours).
Deaths on July 5
- 1969 - Death of Ben Alexander at age 58; actor (Dragnet radio and TV show).
- 1979 - Death of Judson Laire at age 76; singer, actor (Papa - Mama, a judge on The Defenders, Young Dr. Malone and The Nurses).
- 1991 - Death of Mildred Dunnock at age 90; supporting actress (Linda Loman - Death of a Salesman).
- 1996 - Death of Fred Davis at age 74 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; long-time Front Page Challenge Canadian TV show moderator.
- 2023 - Death of Coco Lee at age 48 of suicide; voice actor (Disney's Mulan movie).
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