Hidalla oder Sein und Haben
1905 Frank Wedekind's play "Hidalla oder Sein und Haben" (Hidalla, or Being and Having) premieres in Munich
Olympic Gold
1928 Sonja Henie of Norway wins the women’s figure skating gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympic Games; her first of 3 consecutive titles in the event
- 1932 Norway's Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
1952 4th Emmy Awards: First time awards are presented on a nationwide basis; "The Red Skelton Show," Sid Caesar, and Imogene Coca win
- 1953 KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1979 Mini-series "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
- 1980 30th Berlin International Film Festival: "Heartland" and "Palermo or Wolfsburg" win the Golden Bear (tie)
- 1981 Jeff Erlanger (10), a spinal tumor survivor and quadriplegic, appears on children's television program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", discusses his disability and demonstrates his electric wheelchair
- 1983 33rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Ascendancy" and "The Beehive" win the Golden Bear (tie)
Film & TV History
1986 Anti-smoking ad airs for the first time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner; he dies of smoking-induced lung cancer on October 10, 1985
- 2017 67th Berlin International Film Festival: Hungarian film "On Body and Soul" wins the Golden Bear
Election of Interest
2019 Australian political parties hacked by a "sophisticated state actor" Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, just months ahead of general election
- 2019 Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei says "There's no way the US can crush us" in interview with BBC, saying his daughter's arrest politically motivated
