April 3rd

April 3rd in TV History

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Births

Iron Eyes Cody (1907, Gueydan, LA)
Robert Karvelas (1921, New York City, NY) - Get Smart
Doris Day (1922, Cincinnati, OH) - The Doris Day Show
Kevin Hagen (1928, Chicago, IL) - Little House on the Prairie, Land of the Giants
Robert Dornan (1933, New York City, NY)
Marsha Mason (1942, St. Louis, MO)
Doreen Tracey (1943, St Pancras, London, England, UK) - Mickey Mouse Club Mousketeer
Alec Baldwin (1958, Massapequa, Long Island, NY) - Knots Landing, 30 Rock
David Hyde Pierce (1959, Saratoga Springs, NY) - Frasier
Eddie Murphy (1961, Brooklyn, NY) - Saturday Night Live
Jennie Garth (1972, Urbana, IL) - Beverly Hills, 90210

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Deaths

Warren Oates (1982 in Los Angeles, CA)

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TV Episode Debuts

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Orchid and the Violet" (1953)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "The Hawaiian Party" (1957)

77 Sunset Strip "The Grandma Caper" (1959)

The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko's Godson" (1959)

The Andy Griffith Show "A Plaque for Mayberry" (1961)

The Beverly Hillbillies "Jed Pays His Income Tax" (1963)

The Dick Van Dyke Show "Racy Tracy Rattigan" (1963)

The Twilight Zone "Sounds and Silences" (1964)

Gilligan's Island "New Neighbor Sam" (1965)

Gunsmoke "Dry Road to Nowhere" (1965)

Doctor Who "The Knight of Jaffa (The Crusade, Part Two)" (1965)

The Big Valley "The Lady from Mesa" (1967)

Gilligan's Island "The Pigeon" (1967)

I Dream of Jeannie "My Master, Napoleon's Buddy" (1967)

The Andy Griffith Show "Opie's Most Unforgettable Character" (1967)

The Beverly Hillbillies "Cousin Roy" (1968)

Bewitched "Daddy Does His Thing" (1969)

Doctor Who "The Claws of Axos, Part Four" (1971)

The Dukes of Hazzard "The Hack of Hazzard" (1981)

Dallas "Ewing vs. Ewing" (1981)

The Cosby Show "Theo's Holiday" (1986)

Airwolf "Mime Troupe" (1987)

Amazing Stories "Moving Day" (1987)

Dallas "War and Peace" (1987)

Columbo "Sex and the Married Detective" (1989)

Night Court "Harry's Fifteen Minutes" (1991)