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What happened in history on this day: August 8?
On August 8 in ...
- 1986 - The TV series The Ellen Burstyn Show first airs on ABC.
Births on August 8
- 1887 - Birth of Malcolm Keen in Bristol, England; actor (Uncle Chris - Mama).
- 1900 - Birth of Victor Young in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old California).
- 1910 - Birth of Sylvia Sidney in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (46 years of TV guest appearances, WKRP, Thirtysomething, Fantasy Island, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon).
- 1913 - Birth of Axel Stordahl in Staten Island, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show).
- 1918 - Birth of Rory Calhoun in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill - Texan).
- 1919 - Birth of Dino DeLaurentis; movie producer (King Kong).
- 1922 - Birth of Rory Calhoun AKA Francis McCown in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (over 80 movies and 1,000 television episodes, The Texan, The Blue and the Grey mini-series, Capitol).
- 1923 - Birth of Esther Williams in Inglewood, California, USA; actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet).
- 1926 - Birth of Richard Anderson in Long Beach, New Jersey, USA; actor (Oscar Goldman - The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman).
- 1930 - Birth of Nita Talbot in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Supertrain, Here We Go Again).
- 1936 - Birth of Keith Barron in Mexborough, England; actor (At the Earth's Core).
- 1937 - Birth of Dustin Hoffman in Louisiana, USA; actor (The Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer versus Kramer).
- 1938 - Birth of Connie Stevens in Brooklyn, new York, USA; singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach).
- 1947 - Birth of Larry Wilcox in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Lassie, CHiPs).
- 1949 - Birth of Keith Carradine in San Mateo, California, USA; actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby).
- 1952 - Birth of Robin Quivers; radio/TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick).
- 1953 - Birth of Donny Most in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Ralph Malph - Happy Days).
- 1958 - Birth of Deborah Norville; TV host (Today).
- 1958 - Birth of Harry Crosby in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Friday the 13th), singer.
- 1962 - Birth of Suzee Pai in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actress (Big Trouble in Little China).
- 1977 - Birth of Lindsay Sloane; actress (Wonder Years, Dharma and Greg).
- 1978 - Birth of Countess Vaughn; American actress (The Parkers, Moesha).
- 1980 - Birth of Michael Urie; actor (Ugly Betty).
Deaths on August 8
- 1961 - Charlie Gemora, actor who portrayed King Kong, dies at age 58.
- 1984 - Richard Deacon, actor (Mel - Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at age 62.
- 1988 - Death of Alan Napier of a stroke at age 85; American actor (Alfred the butler on Batman), at age 85 (born 1903).
- 2005 - Death of Barbara Bel Geddes at age 82 of lung cancer; actress (Eleanor Ewing - Dallas TV show).
- 2014 - Death of Menahem Golan, Israeli filmmaker (born 1929).
- 2022 - Death of Olivia Newton-John at age 73 of cancer at home in California, USA; singer ("Let Me Be There", "Have You Never Been Mellow", "A Little More Love", "I Honestly Love You", "Physical" (1981), "Xanadu" song, "The Best of Me" song (1986), four Grammy Awards), actor (Sandy - Grease movie (1978), Glee TV show (2010), Xanadu movie (1980)), author (Don't Stop Believin' book (2018)).
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