On This Day - January

See Also...

• Hitchcock Chronology: Month of January

1st

• 1886 - actor William Edmunds born in Italy
• 1899 - actor Joseph Hamilton born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• 1907 - actress Norah Baring born in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK
• 1914 - actor Gilbert Green born in New York, USA
• 1923 - actress Barbara Baxley born in Porterville, California, USA
• 1928 - actress Helen Westcott born in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1940 - actor Michael Blodgett born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Bullet for Baldwin" is broadcast for the first time
• 1968 - actor Robert Riordan dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1976 - actor Georg H Schnell dies of cancer in London, England, UK
• 1981 - actress Beulah Bondi dies in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1983 - composer David Buttolph dies in Poway, California, USA
• 2002 - actress Meg Wyllie dies of heart failure in Glendale, California, USA

2nd

• 1893 - actress Jesslyn Fax born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 1897 - writer Anthony Armstrong born in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada
• 1913 - actress Anna Lee born in Igtham, Kent, England, UK
• 1916 - actor Paul Micale born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• 1928 - actor Howard Caine born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
• 1929 - actor Steven Peck born in New York City, New York, USA
• 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Silk Petticoat" is broadcast for the first time
• 1963 - actor Jack Carson dies of cancer in Encino, California, USA
• 1987 - actor Arthur Gould-Porter dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1995 - actress Nancy Kelly dies of diabetes in Bel Air, California, USA
• 2004 - actress Lynn Cartwright dies in Los Angeles, California, USA

3rd

• 1888 - writer James Bridie born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• 1898 - actor John Loder born in London, England, UK
• 1905 - actress Anna May Wong born in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1927 - actor William Boyett born in Akron, Ohio, USA
• 1930 - actor Robert Loggia born in New York, New York, USA
• 1932 - actor Dabney Coleman born in Austin, Texas, USA
• 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Man from the South" is broadcast for the first time
• 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Changing Heart" is broadcast for the first time
• 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Three Wives Too Many" is broadcast for the first time
• 1980 - actor Ivan Triesault dies of heart failure in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1989 - actress Jean Willes dies of cancer in Van Nuys, California, USA
• 1992 - actress Judith Anderson dies of pneumonia in Santa Barbara, California, USA
• 2005 - actor Warren J Kemmerling dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2009 - actor Pat Hingle dies in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, USA

4th

• 1904 - actor Tom Helmore born in London, England, UK
• 1905 - actor Arthur Gould-Porter born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
• 1914 - actress Jane Wyman born in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
• 1924 - actor Warren J Kemmerling born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• 1934 - actor Jose De Vega born in San Diego, California, USA
• 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Six People, No Music" is broadcast for the first time
• 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Thirty-First of February" is broadcast for the first time
• 1965 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Crimson Witness" is broadcast for the first time
• 1970 - actor James Edwards dies of a heart attack in San Diego, California, USA

5th

• 1906 - actor Donald Randolph born in Cape Town, South Africa
• 1909 - actor Roger Til born in France
• 1916 - actor Alfred Ryder born in New York, New York, USA
• 1931 - actor John Carlyle born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• 1931 - actor Robert Duvall born in San Diego, California, USA
• 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Percentage" is broadcast for the first time
• 1979 - actor Jimmy Joyce dies in Summit, New Jersey, USA
• 1990 - actor Arthur Kennedy dies of a brain tumor in Branford, Connecticut, USA
• 1997 - actor Vince Williams dies of cancer in Englewood, New Jersey, USA

6th

• 1894 - actor William Newell born in Millville, New Jersey, USA
• 1901 - actor Patrick Aherne born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
• 1915 - actress Margaret Muse born in Dallas, Texas, USA
• 1920 - actor Henry Corden born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 1926 - actress Mercedes Shirley born
• 1930 - actor Vic Tayback born in New York, New York, USA
• 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Crackpot" is broadcast for the first time
• 1964 - actress Lisa Golm dies in Tel Aviv, Israel
• 1998 - actress Alice Frost dies in Naples, Florida, USA
• 2001 - actor Scott Marlowe dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2006 - cinematography Leonard J South dies of pneumonia in Northridge, California, USA

7th

• 1898 - actor Art Baker born in New York, New York, USA
• 1903 - actor Alan Napier born in Birmingham, England, UK
• 1908 - actor Philip Bourneuf born in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
• 1913 - actor Francis De Wolff born in Essex, England, UK
• 1935 - "Waltzes from Vienna" goes on general release in Spain
• 1935 - actor Sal Ponti born
• 1937 - "Secret Agent" goes on general release in Portugal
• 1941 - "Rebecca" goes on general release in Portugal
• 1970 - actor Robert Barrat dies in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1971 - actress Madame Spivy dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1995 - cinematographer Ted Tetzlaff dies in Fort Baker, California, USA

8th

• 1890 - actor Bobbie Comber born in Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
• 1919 - actress Madge Ryan born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• 1920 - actor Richard Benedict born
• 1920 - actress Elisabeth Fraser born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
• 1923 - actor Larry Storch born in New York, New York, USA
• 1945 - "Lifeboat" goes on general release in Portugal
• 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Big Switch" is broadcast for the first time
• 1975 - actor Anthony Warde dies in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1977 - film editor Charles Frend dies in London, England, UK
• 1982 - actress Reta Shaw dies of natural causes in Encino, California, USA
• 1987 - actor Peter Adams dies of cancer in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1992 - actor Anthony Dawson dies of cancer in Sussex, England, UK
• 1994 - actor Pat Buttram dies of kidney failure in Los Angeles California, USA
• 2003 - composer Ron Goodwin dies in Brimpton Common, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
• 2009 - actor Don Galloway dies in Reno, Nevada, USA

9th

• 1949 - actor Tommy Handley dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in London, England, UK
• 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Bad Actor" is broadcast for the first time
• 1966 - actor Hugh Sanders dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1969 - actor James Stone dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1975 - actor Pierre Fresnay dies in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
• 1992 - actor Steve Brodie dies of cancer in West Hills, California, USA
• 1994 - actress Madge Ryan dies in London, England, UK
• 2006 - actor Don Stewart dies of cancer in Santa Barbara, California, USA

10th

• 1901 - actor Harry Harvey born in Indian Territory, USA
• 1908 - actor and director Paul Henreid born in Trieste, Italy
• 1914 - actress Polly Rowles born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• 1927 - actor Lee Philips born in New York, New York, USA
• 1931 - actress Roxanne Arlen born in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• 1937 - actress Carmen Phillips born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
• 1939 - actor Jameson Thomas dies in Sierra Madre, California, USA
• 1945 - actor Edward Fielding dies of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Ikon of Elijah" is broadcast for the first time
• 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Summer Shade" is broadcast for the first time
• 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Magic Shop" is broadcast for the first time
• 1967 - actor Emerson Treacy dies after surgery in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1968 - actor Howard Smith dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA
• 2000 - actor Arthur Batanides dies of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, USA

11th

• 1886 - actor George Zucco born in Manchester, England, UK
• 1904 - actor Murray Alper born in New York, New York, USA
• 1908 - actor Lionel Stander born in The Bronx, New York, USA
• 1915 - actress Veda Ann Borg born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• 1919 - actor Mort Mills born in New York, New York, USA
• 1930 - actor Rod Taylor born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• 1937 - "Sabotage" goes on general release in the USA
• 1944 - "Lifeboat" premieres in the USA
• 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Morning After" is broadcast for the first time
• 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "What Really Happened" is broadcast for the first time
• 1964 - actor and writer Claude Hulbert dies in Sydney, Australia
• 1965 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Where the Woodbine Twineth" is broadcast for the first time
• 1978 - actor Michael Bates dies of cancer in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
• 1999 - actor Robert Douglas dies of natural causes in Encinitas, California, USA
• 1999 - writer Brian Moore dies in Malibu, California, USA

12th

• 1885 - actress Maire O'Neill born in Dublin, Ireland
• 1894 - actor Tommy Handley born in Liverpool, England, UK
• 1902 - actor Ray Teal born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
• 1910 - actress Patsy Kelly born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
• 1912 - actress Sara Berner born in Albany, New York, USA
• 1913 - actress Ruth Storey born in New York, New York, USA
• 1943 - "Shadow of a Doubt" goes on general release in the USA
• 1944 - "Lifeboat" goes on general release in the USA
• 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Together" is broadcast for the first time
• 1972 - costume designer Molly McArthur dies in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
• 1981 - actress Isobel Elsom dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

13th

• 1904 - composer Richard Addinsell born in London, England, UK
• 1918 - actor Stephen Dunne born in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
• 1923 - actor Jack Watling born in Chingford, Essex, England, UK
• 1938 - actor Billy Gray born in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1946 - actress Enid Stamp-Taylor dies in London, England, UK
• 1951 - actress Florence Kahn dies in Rapallo, Italy
• 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Nightmare in 4-D" is broadcast for the first time
• 1959 - "Vertigo" goes on general release in Portugal
• 1969 - actor Wilton Graff dies in Pacific Palisades, California, USA
• 1976 - actress Margaret Leighton dies in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
• 2006 - actor Richard Newton dies in DeSoto, Texas, USA

14th

• 1892 - actor Anthony Jochim born in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
• 1906 - actor William Bendix born in New York, New York, USA
• 1931 - actress Georgine Darcy born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
• 1936 - actress Linda Lawson born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• 1955 - "Rear Window" goes on general release in Japan
• 1961 - actor Barry Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Dublin, Ireland
• 1979 - actor Tim Graham dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1983 - film editor Otto Ludwig dies in Los Angeles County, California, USA
• 1985 - actress June Tripp dies in New York, USA
• 2007 - actress Darlene Conley dies of stomach cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2009 - actor Ricardo Montalban dies in Los Angeles, California, USA

15th

• 1887 - actor Dennis Wyndham born in Natal, South Africa
• 1893 - actor, writer and composer Ivor Novello born in Cardiff, Wales, UK
• 1896 - actor Roy Gordon born
• 1896 - actress Marjorie Bennett born in York, Australia
• 1905 - actor Torin Thatcher born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India
• 1913 - actress Patricia Farr born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• 1928 - actress Joanne Linville born in Bakersfield, California, USA
• 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "You Got to Have Luck" is broadcast for the first time
• 1962 - actor Kenneth MacKenna dies of cancer in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1971 - actor John Dall dies in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1988 - actor Sal Ponti dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1994 - actor Martin Kosleck dies in Santa Monica, California, USA

16th

• 1903 - actor Peter Brocco born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
• 1918 - writer Stirling Silliphant born in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• 1920 - actor Elliott Reid born in New York, New York, USA
• 1920 - actor and stuntman Bill Catching born in Bexar County, Texas, USA
• 1942 - actress Carole Lombard dies in a plane crash in Table Rock Mountain, Nevada, USA
• 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Door Without a Key" is broadcast for the first time
• 1972 - actor Ross Bagdasarian dies of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1987 - actress Joyce Jameson commits suicide in Burbank, California, USA
• 1988 - actor Ballard Berkeley dies in London, England, UK
• 1989 - author Pierre Boileau dies in Beaulieu-Sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France
• 1995 - actor Karl Lukas dies of heart failure in Westlake Village, California, USA
• 1999 - actor Paul Micale dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

17th

• 1925 - actress Patricia Owens born in Golden, British Columbia, Canada
• 1927 - Alfred Hitchcock begins shooting Downhill
• 1942 - actor Randy Boone born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
• 1960 - actor Sid Cassel dies in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1973 - actor Fred Essler dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1983 - actor Doodles Weaver commits suicide in Los Angeles, California, USA

18th

• 1904 - actor Cary Grant born in Horfield, Bristol, England, UK
• 1905 - actor Chick Chandler born in Kingston, New York, USA
• 1916 - actor Orville Sherman born in Lexington, Oklahoma, USA
• 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Personal Matter" is broadcast for the first time
• 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog" is broadcast for the first time
• 1965 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Final Performance" is broadcast for the first time
• 1967 - actor Harry Antrim dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1972 - actor George Mitchell dies in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• 1978 - actor Carl Betz dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1998 - actress Joan Banks dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1999 - actor Günter Strack dies in Münchsteinach, Mittelfranken, Germany
• 2008 - actress Lois Nettleton dies of lung cancer in Woodland Hills, California, USA

19th

• 1866 - actor Harry Davenport born in New York, USA
• 1907 - actress Edith Barrett born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
• 1916 - actor Paul Fierro born in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1917 - actor Kelly Thordsen born in Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
• 1919 - actor Douglas Henderson born in Rhode Island, USA
• 1919 - actor Gilchrist Stuart born in London, England, UK
• 1921 - author Patricia Highsmith born in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
• 1924 - actor Nicholas Colasanto born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
• 1931 - actress Tippi Hedren born in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
• 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Sylvia" is broadcast for the first time
• 1964 - actor G H Mulcaster dies in England, UK
• 1973 - actor Max Adrian dies in Wilford, England, UK
• 1989 - actor Martin Blaine dies in Cambria, California, USA
• 1989 - actress Norma Varden dies of heart failure in Santa Barbara, California, USA
• 1991 - actor Don Beddoe dies of natural causes in Laguna Hills, California, USA
• 1996 - actor Byron Keith dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2000 - actor Chuck Courtney commits suicide in North Hollywood, California, USA
• 2008 - actress Suzanne Pleshette dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2009 - visual effects designer Bob Broughton dies of pneumonia in Rochester, Minnesota, USA

20th

• 1884 - actor and producter Carlyle Blackwell Senior born in Troy, New York, USA
• 1893 - actor Matthew Boulton born in Lincoln, England, UK
• 1895 - actor Roscoe Ates born in Grange, Mississippi, USA
• 1896 - actor Rolfe Sedan born in New York, New York, USA
• 1898 - actress Norma Varden born in London, England, UK
• 1904 - actor Frank Marlowe born in Massachusetts, USA
• 1916 - actor Alex Nicol born in Ossining, New York, USA
• 1927 - actor Tom Martin born in Scotland, UK
• 1929 - actor Arte Johnson born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
• 1937 - actress Dorothy Provine born in Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
• 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "My Brother, Richard" is broadcast for the first time

21st

• 1898 - cinematographer Rudolph Maté born in Kraków, Poland
• 1915 - actor Alan Hewitt born
• 1922 - actor Telly Savalas born in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
• 1966 - actress Leola Wendorff dies in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1981 - actor Allyn Joslyn dies of a heart attack in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1988 - actor Abraham Sofaer dies of heart failure in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

22nd

• 1878 - actress and writer Constance Collier born in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
• 1909 - actress Ann Sothern born in Valley City, North Dakota, USA
• 1924 - actor William Thourlby born in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Older Sister" is broadcast for the first time
• 1966 - actor Herbert Marshall dies of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1981 - actress Vera Denham dies in Santa Barbara, California, USA
• 1988 - actor Parker Fennelly dies in Peekskill, New York, USA
• 1994 - actor Telly Savalas dies of cancer in Universal City, California, USA
• 2005 - actor Thomas Wilde dies of a stroke in Land Park, Sacramento, California, USA

23rd

• 1907 - actor Dan Duryea born in White Plains, New York, USA
• 1919 - actress Janet Shaw born in Beatrice, Nebraska, USA
• 1923 - actress Florence Halop born in Queens, New York, USA
• 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Case of M.J.H." is broadcast for the first time
• 1976 - actor Paul Robeson dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• 1978 - actor Kelly Thordsen dies of cancer in Sun Valley, California, USA
• 1980 - actor Leonard Strong dies in Glendale, California, USA
• 1992 - actor Ian Wolfe dies of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1997 - actor Bill Zuckert dies of pneumonia in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

24th

• 1883 - actress Estelle Winwood born in Lee, Kent, England, UK
• 1909 - actress Ann Todd born in Hartford, Cheshire, England, UK
• 1918 - actor John McLiam born in Alberta, Canada
• 1955 - "Dial M for Murder" goes on general release in Sweden
• 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Cure" is broadcast for the first time
• 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Crime for Mothers" is broadcast for the first time
• 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Beyond the Sea of Death" is broadcast for the first time

25th

• 1874 - author W Somerset Maugham born in Paris, France
• 1901 - actress Mildred Dunnock born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• 1908 - actor Howard Wendell born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
• 1936 - actress Diana Hyland born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
• 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Out There - Darkness" is broadcast for the first time
• 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "A Tangled Web" is broadcast for the first time
• 1974 - actor William Fawcett dies of natural causes in Sherman Oaks, California, USA
• 1988 - actress Gladys Hurlbut dies in Woodstock, New York, USA
• 1990 - actor Alexander Lockwood dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1995 - actor John Smith dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2006 - costume designer Moss Mabry dies in Oceanside, California, USA

26th

• 1908 - actress Jill Esmond born in London, England, UK
• 1913 - actor William Prince born in Nichols, New York, USA
• 1921 - actor Ashley Cowan born
• 1925 - actor Paul Newman born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
• 1927 - actor William Redfield born in New York, New York, USA
• 1931 - actress Mary Murphy born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Motive" is broadcast for the first time

27th

• 1919 - actor Ross Bagdasarian born in Fresno, California, USA
• 1936 - "The Man Who Knew Too Much" goes on general release in Portugal
• 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Manacled" is broadcast for the first time
• 1959 - assistant director Fred Frank dies in Los Angeles County, California, USA
• 1972 - actor David McMahon dies of a heart attack in Pasadena, California, USA
• 1978 - actor Oskar Homolka dies of pneumonia in Sussex, England, UK
• 1986 - actress Lilli Palmer dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1988 - actor Norman Willis dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1992 - actor Bill Walker dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1994 - actor Claude Akins dies of cancer in Altadena, California, USA

28th

• 1906 - writer Frank Launder born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• 1910 - actor Arnold Moss born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
• 1910 - actor John Banner born in Vienna, Austria
• 1935 - actor Nicholas Pryor born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• 1937 - "Secret Agent" goes on general release in Norway
• 1973 - actor John Banner dies in Vienna, Austria
• 1977 - actor Burt Mustin dies of natural causes in Glendale, California, USA
• 1988 - actor Roger De Koven dies in New York, New York, USA
• 1994 - actor Hal Smith dies of a heart attack in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

29th

• 1909 - actor Alan Marshal born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• 1918 - actor John Forsythe born in Penn's Grove, New Jersey, USA
• 1921 - actor Anthony George born in Endicott, New York, USA
• 1940 - actress Katharine Ross born in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1951 - writer James Bridie dies in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• 1956 - actor James Adamson dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Shopping for Death" is broadcast for the first time
• 1965 - actor John Larkin dies of a heart attack in Studio City, California, USA
• 1986 - actor Leif Erickson dies of cancer in Pensacola, Florida, USA
• 1999 - actress Mercedes Shirley dies in Sherman Oaks, California, USA
• 2002 - actress Barbara Townsend dies of cancer in Arlington, Virginia, USA

30th

• 1871 - producer Seymour Hicks born in St. Hélier, Isle of Jersey, England, UK
• 1899 - producer Sidney Bernstein born in England, UK
• 1902 - actor Ted Stanhope born in New York, New York, USA
• 1911 - actor Hugh Marlowe born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• 1911 - actor Ronald Long born in London, England, UK
• 1914 - actor David Wayne born in Traverse City, Michigan, USA
• 1914 - actor John Ireland born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• 1918 - actor David Opatoshu born in New York, New York, USA
• 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Faith of Aaron Menefee" is broadcast for the first time
• 1970 - actor Malcolm Keen dies in England, UK
• 1991 - actor John McIntire dies in Pasadena, California, USA

31st

• 1894 - actor Percy Helton born in New York, New York, USA
• 1902 - actress Tallulah Bankhead born in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
• 1913 - actor Maurice Manson born in Ontario, Canada
• 1931 - actor Hansjörg Felmy born in Berlin, Germany
• 1933 - writer John Galsworthy dies
• 1934 - actor James Franciscus born in Clayton, Missouri, USA
• 1937 - actress Suzanne Pleshette born in New York, New York, USA
• 1940 - actor Stuart Margolin born in Davenport, Iowa, USA
• 1941 - "Mr and Mrs Smith" goes on general release in the USA
• 1941 - actress Jessica Walter born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
• 1954 - actress Florence Bates dies of a heart attack in Burbank, California, USA
• 1960 - actor Lowell Gilmore dies in Hollywood, California, USA
• 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Backwards, Turn Backwards" is broadcast for the first time
• 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Last Escape" is broadcast for the first time
• 1962 - Peggy Robertson send a copy of the Winston Graham book "Marnie" to writer Evan Hunter
• 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Night Caller" is broadcast for the first time
• 1966 - actress Elizabeth Patterson dies of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2000 - actor Ralph Manza dies of a heart attack in Encinitas, California, USA