Events in Film & TV
Television Debut
1989-07-05 "Seinfield" (originally titled The Seinfeld Chronicles" screens its pilot episode starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards on NBC
- 1993-02-28 7th American Comedy Award: Jerry Seinfeld
- 1993-09-19 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences & Ted Danson win
- 1997-07-15 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $26.6M (later reduced to $625,000) for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
- 1997-12-25 Jerry Seinfeld announces the final season of his TV show "Seinfeld" will air the following year
- 1998-05-14 Seinfeld's final 2-part episode "The Finale" airs on NBC-TV to 76.3M viewers with commercials priced at $2M for 30 seconds
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1923-03-03 Barney Martin, American actor, comedy writer and NYPD detective (Seinfeld), born in Queens, New York (d. 2005)
Jerry Stiller (1927-2020)
1927-06-08 American comedian (Frank Constanza-Seinfeld, Stiller & Meara), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1927-07-30 Joe George, American character actor (Across 110th Street; Seinfeld - "Uncle Mac"), born in Massachusetts (d. 1992)
- 1928-04-04 Estelle Harris, American actress (Estelle Costanza - Seinfeld, Toy Story), born in Manhattan, New York
- 1929-05-25 Warren Frost, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
- 1942-05-05 Amy Hill, American comedian and actress (Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore), born in Deadwood, South Dakota
Larry David (75 years old)
1947-07-02 American actor, comedian and screenwriter (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1949-07-24 Michael Richards, American comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld), born in Los Angeles, California
Jerry Seinfeld (68 years old)
1954-04-29 American comedian and actor (Seinfeld, Bee Movie), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1954-10-09 John O'Hurley, American actor (Seinfeld -"J.Peterman"), and game show host (Family Feud, 2006-10), born in Kittery, Maine
- 1958-10-23 Jonathan Wolff, American musician and TV theme composer (Seinfeld, Will & Grace), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1959-09-23 Jason Alexander [Greenspan], American actor (George Costanza-Seinfeld), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1960-09-21 David James Elliott, Canadian actor (Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag), born in Toronto, Ontario
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (62 years old)
1961-01-13 American comedienne and actress (Elaine Benes-Seinfeld, SNL, Veep), born in NYC, New York
- 1964-11-14 Patrick Warburton, American actor (Seinfeld; The Civilization of Maxwell Bright; The Tick), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- 1972-12-29 Evan Seinfeld, American heavy metal singer and bassist (Biohazard) and actor (Oz), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1975-05-29 Shoshanna Lonstein, American fashion designer and ex-girlfriend of Jerry Seinfeld, born in NYC, New York
Weddings in Film & TV
Jerry Seinfeld
1999-12-25 Comedian Jerry Seinfeld (45) marries PR executive Jessica Sklar (28)
- 2004-08-14 "Dancing With The Stars" contestant and "Seinfeld" actor John O'Hurley (49) weds Lisa Mesloh at the Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1992-07-31 Joe George, American character actor (Across 110th Street; Seinfeld - "Uncle Mac"), dies of cancer at 65
- 2005-03-21 Barney Martin, American actor, comedy writer and NYPD detective (Seinfeld), dies of lung cancer at 82
- 2017-02-17 Warren Frost, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld), dies at 91
Jerry Stiller (1927-2020)
2020-05-11 American comedian (Seinfield - "Frank Constanza"; King of Queens -"Arthur"; Stiller & Meara), dies of natural causes at 92