- 1900 Date of events in Australian movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
Sinbad
1918 Harold R. Atteridge & Sigmund Romberg's musical "Sinbad", starring Al Jolson, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC; runs for 164 performances
- 1921 Fictional character Skeezix is discovered on the Wallet family's doorstep in Frank King's cartoon strip "Gasoline Alley"
Dracula
1931 The original "Dracula" film starring Bela Lugosi as the titular vampire is released
Radio Premiere
1932 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts on CBS radio, airing there until 1937, moving to NBC until 1949, and returning to CBS in 1949, before moving to television
- 1954 WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins
Film & TV History
1957 Live television on Playhouse 90 features drama "The Comedian", starring Mickey Rooney, and directed by John Frankenheimer, earns an Emmy Award for screenwriter Rod Serling
8½
1963 "8½" film directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale, is released (Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film 1964)
- 1968 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" is first shown on television
- 1972 CBS "Late Movie" premieres
- 1982 "Night of 100 Stars", an all-star variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors' Fund of America, takes place at NYC's Radio City Music Hall
- 1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
- 1986 36th Berlin International Film Festival: "Stammheim" wins the Golden Bear
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 "The Silence of the Lambs" film based on the book by Thomas Harris, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, is released (Best Picture 1992)
Film & TV History
1991 Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's stage comedy "Mule Bone" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 68 performances
Wayne's World
1992 Comedy film "Wayne's World" starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, based on their Saturday Night Live sketch premieres
- 1998 29th NAACP Image Awards: "Soul Food" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- 1999 30th NAACP Image Awards: "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- 2005 Online video-sharing site YouTube is founded in San Mateo, California, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim
- 2008 39th NAACP Image Awards: "The Great Debaters" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Time to Thrive
2014 Actress Ellen Page comes out as gay in a speech at the Human Rights Campaign's "Time to Thrive" conference
- 2016 69th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "The Revenant" Best Film, and Best Director - Alejandro González Iñárritu
