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What happened in history on this day: July 13?
On July 13 in ...
- 1930 - RCA head General Sarnoff reports in the New York Times newspaper that the medium still in experimental mode, "TV would be a theater in every home."
- 1938 - First paid television theatre, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 200 spectators pay 25 cents to witness a variety show with dancing and song, lasting 45 minutes. The acts are performed on a floor above the theatre and transmitted downstairs by TV.
- 1971 - The CBS TV network airs the last Hee Haw TV show in the USA.
- 1990 - Paramount releases the film Ghost to theaters.
- 2004 - Ken Jennings crosses the $1 million mark in his 30-game winning streak on the TV show Jeapardy.
- 2012 - Fox releases the film Ice Age: Continental Drift to theaters.
Births on July 13
- 1906 - Birth of Harry Sosnik in Chicago, Illinois, USA; bandleader (Your Hit Parade on radio and TV, Jack Carter Show), musical director (The Ernie Kovacs Show, Producer's Showcase, By Popular Demand).
- 1913 - Birth of Dave Garroway in Schenectady, New York, USA; broadcaster (Garroway at Large TV show, NBC Today Show).
- 1923 - Birth of Susie Bond in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actress (Flo, Temperature's Rising).
- 1928 - Birth of Bob Crane in Waterbury, Conncticut, USA; actor (Colonel Hogan - Hogan's Heroes).
- 1931 - Birth of Bill Moor in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actor (Hanky Panky).
- 1940 - Birth of Patrick Stewart; actor (Captain Picard - Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1941 - Birth of Robert Forster in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Lady in Red, Alligator, Karen Sisco, Spawn, Banyon).
- 1942 - Birth of Harrison Ford; actor (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Frantic).
- 1946 - Birth of Richard "Cheech" Marin; comedian/actor (Cheech and Chong - Up in Smoke, Judging Amy, Nash Bridges).
- 1948 - Birth of Daphne Maxwell Reid; actress (Frank's Place, Fresh Prince of Belair).
- 1951 - Birth of Didi Conn in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Denise - Benson, Helen - The Practice).
- 1965 - Birth of Michael Jace; actor (The Shield).
Deaths on July 13
- 1973 - Death of Lon Chaney Junior of beriberi and liver failure at age 67; actor (Hawkeye, The Last of the Mohicans, Pistols 'n' Petticoats).
- 2006 - Death of Red Buttons AKA Aaron Chwatt at age 87 of vascular disease; actor/comic (The Red Buttons Show TV show, The Double Life of Henry Phyfe TV show, Knots Landing TV show, Roseanne TV show, Street Time TV show, ER TV show).
- 2016 - Death of Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian film director (born 1946).
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