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2000 Durward Kirby, sidekick, Candid Camera, dies at 87
1999 Hazel Frederick, face in a crowd, faced the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show, dies at 91 1999 Allen Funt, Candid Camera guy, dies at 84 1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78 1991 Tutte Lemkow, dancer/dir (Captain Paradise, I am a Camera), dies at 73 1991 Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81 1988 Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville New Jersey home 1988 "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera 1976 James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 1973 Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89 1970 Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera 1964 Mike Nolan, rocker, Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies 1954 Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist, Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies 1953 Bobby Gubby, rocker, Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies 1951 John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in New York City 1949 Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC 1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 in New York City 1948 1st Polaroid camera sold 1948 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC 1948 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US 1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in New York City, by E H Land 1946 Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82 1944 Fannie Flagg, Birmingham, Alabama, actress/comediene, Candid Camera 1936 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla 1935 Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies 1932 Camera exposure meter patented, W. N. Goodwin 1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, born in Pennsylvania, TV host, Candid Camera, Treasure Island 1922 Ilja Hurnik, born in Poruba, Czechoslovakia, composer, essayist, studied at Prague Conservatory, Prague Academy of Arts, recorded 'sonata da camera', for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord on Cedille Records 1918 Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor, Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera 1914 Allen Funt, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host and creator, Candid Camera 1906 James Flavin, Portland Me, actor, Man With a Camera 1903 Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88 1895 British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector 1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera 1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time 1889 John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope 1888 George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera and registers "Kodak" 1888 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" 1883 Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor, Man With a Camera 1864 Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work 1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio 1854 George Eastman, born in Waterville, New York, inventor, Kodak camera 1814 Nicolas Beets, Hildebrand, Dutch writer, Camera Obscura |
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