Robinson Crusoe Jr
1916 Sigmund Romberg, James Hanley, Harold R. Atteridge and Edgar Smith's musical "Robinson Crusoe Jr", featuring Al Jolson, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC; runs for 139 performances
Sports History
1924 American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller sets 100m world freestyle record 57.4s at Miami, Florida
- 1936 The world's first superhero, The Phantom, a cartoon strip by Lee Falk, makes his first appearance in comics
- 1938 First public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV occurs in London
- 1954 WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1965 British folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy guest star in "Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits" episode of American TV sitcom "The Patty Duke Show"
- 1984 34th Berlin International Film Festival: "Love Streams" wins the Golden Bear
- 1987 Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA
- 1995 "The Brady Bunch Movie", based on the 1970s TV series, premieres in America
- 1995 11th US Soap Opera Digest Awards - "Days of Our Lives" wins
- 2012 43rd NAACP Image Awards: "The Help" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" premieres on NBC
