What happened in history on this day: September 4?
On September 4 in ...
- 1951 - The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1951 - NBC extends to become a 61-station coast-to-coast network.
- 1966 - CBS airs the last Perry Mason TV show.
- 1992 - The Disney Channel airs the last episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
- 1993 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
- 1993 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of Raw Toonage.
- 1994 - The Fox TV network airs the first episode of the Disney TV show Hardball.
- 1995 - The UPN TV network premieres the Touchstone Television series Nowhere Man.
Births on September 4
- 1915 - Birth of Dick Thomas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV host (Village Barn).
- 1919 - Birth of Howard Morris in New York City, New York, USA; comedic actor (High Anxiety).
- 1928 - Birth of Dick York in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; actor (Darrin - Bewitched, Inherit the Wind) (dies 1992).
- 1931 - Birth of Mitzi Gaynor in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (South Pacific).
- 1933 - Birth of Richard Castellano in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (The Godfather, Lovers and Other Strangers).
- 1938 - Birth of Leonard Frey in Brooklyn, New York, USA; American comedian/actor (Best of West, Mr Smith, Fiddler on the Roof).
- 1944 - Birth of Jennifer Salt in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party).
- 1947 - Birth of Alan Greisman; Sally Field's husband/producer (Fletch, Surrender).
- 1951 - Birth of Judith Ivey in El Paso, Texas, USA; actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again).
- 1953 - Birth of Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Freddie - Welcome Back Kotter).
- 1968 - Birth of John Preston in Utah; actor (Greg - General Hospital).
- 1970 - Birth of Ione Skye (Leitch) in Hertfordshire, England; actress (Say Anything).
- 1972 - Birth of Danny Ponce in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Willie - Valerie / Hogan Family).
Deaths on September 4
- 1975 - Walter Tetley, voice of Sherman - Bullwinkle Show, dies at age 60.
- 1981 - Verne Rowe, actor (Verne - Fernwood 2 Night), dies at age 59.
- 1990 - Irene Dunne, American actress (winner of five Oscars), dies of heart failure at age 91 (born 1898).
- 1991 - Death of Thomas Tryon of stomach cancer at age 65; actor (John Slaughter - Texas John Slaughter, The Virginian, Cardinal), writer (Other).
- 1993 - Death of Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor (Tattoo - Fantasy Island) (born 1943).
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