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What happened in history on this day: July 23?
On July 23 in ...
- 1926 - Fox Film buys the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
- 1950 - The first performance of The Gene Autry Show is aired on TV.
- 1989 - FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS in show ratings for first time (America's Most Wanted).
- 2009 - Fox airs the 100th episode of So You Think You Can Dance TV show.
Births on July 23
- 1894 - Birth of Arthur Treacher in Brighton, England; actor, announcer/sidekick (Merv Griffin Show), fast food restauranteur (Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips).
- 1908 - Birth of Karl Swenson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Lorenzo Jones radio show, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Dr. Kildare TV show, Gunsmoke, Maverick, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Lars - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1912 - Birth of Michael Wilding; actor (Derby Day).
- 1913 - Birth of Coral Browne in Melbourne, Australia; actress (Margaret - Time Express).
- 1917 - Birth of Kurt Kreuger in Saint Moritz, Switzerland; actor (Fear, Unfaithfully Yours).
- 1921 - Birth of Calvert DeForest in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Larry 'Bud' Melman - Late Night with David Letterman).
- 1925 - Birth of Gloria De Haven in Louisiana, USA; actress (Bog, Yellow Cab Man, Irene - Nakia, All My Children, Ryan's Hope).
- 1931 - Birth of Jan Torell Limhamm in Sweden; director (New Land, Emigrants).
- 1933 - Birth of Bert Convy in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; game show host (Tattletales, Win Lose or Draw, Super Password), actor (Love of Life, The Snoop Sisters).
- 1938 - Birth of Ronny Cox in Cloudcroft, Massachusetts, USA; actor (St. Elsewhere, Stargate SG 1, The Agency, Apple's Way).
- 1947 - Birth of Larry Manetti; actor (Magnum, P.I.).
- 1947 - Birth of Spencer Christian; weatherman (Good Morning America).
- 1950 - Birth of Belinda J Montgomery in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; actress (The Man From Atlantis, Stone Cold Dead, Doogie Howser, Miami Vice).
- 1950 - Birth of Kaity Tong; news anchor (WABC-TV, New York City).
- 1951 - Birth of Edie McClurg; actress (Cinderella (1985), Hogan Family, WKRP in Cincinnati, 7th Heaven).
- 1958 - Birth of Lydia Cornell in El Paso, Texas, USA; actress (Sara Rush - Too Close for Comfort).
- 1961 - Birth of Woody Harrelson in Midland, Texas, USA; actor (Woody Boyd - Cheers, Will and Grace).
- 1962 - Birth of Eriq La Salle; actor (ER).
- 1967 - Birth of Philip Seymour Hoffman; actor (Empire Falls, Liberty! The American Revolution).
- 1968 - Birth of Beth Ehlers in Queens, New York, USA; actress (Harley Cooper - Guiding Light).
- 1968 - Birth of Stephanie Seymour in San Diego, California, USA; model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover-1988), actress (Sunny Side Up).
- 1970 - Birth of Charisma Carpenter; actress (Veronica Mars, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
- 1972 - Birth of Marlon Wayans; actor-comedian (The Wayans Brothers).
- 1973 - Birth of Omar Epps; actor (House MD).
- 1974 - Birth of Stephanie March; actress (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Conviction).
Deaths on July 23
- 1955 - Harry Haden, actor (Harry - Stu Erwin Show), dies at age 73.
- 1971 - Death of Van Heflin at age 60 after a heart attack; actor (Playhouse 90), narrator (The Great Adventure).
- 1982 - Death of Vic Morrow at age 53 when a helicopter crashes on him (and two child actors) during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie; actor (Combat TV show).
- 2002 - Death of Leo McKern at age 82 after a long illness; actor (Rumpole of the Bailey TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Bob Rafelson at age 89 of lung cancer at home in Aspen, Colorado, USA; creator of The Monkees music group, director (Five Easy Pieces movie).
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