Twelfth Night
1602 First recorded performance of William Shakespeare's comedy play "Twelfth Night", to celebrate Candelmas in the Middle Temple Hall, London (diary of John Manningham)
Sinatra in Indianapolis
1940 Frank Sinatra performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, his first as featured singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
- 1950 1st broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS-TV
Fist Network President News Conference
1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC
- 1958 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
- 1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1970 27th Golden Globes: Anne of the Thousand Days, John Wayne, & Genevieve Bujold
The Midnight Special
1973 "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC-TV; performers include Ike and Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, and George Carlin
- 1976 "Rich Little Show" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1983 CBS' premiere of fact based WW2 drama "The Scarlet and the Black", based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
- 1984 1st Soap Opera Digest Awards; "Days of Our Lives" wins
Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances
Music History
1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to singer-songwriter Tom Waits for using his distinctive voice song style in radio advertisement
All I Have
2003 Jennifer Lopez starts a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "All I Have"
RuPaul's Drag Race" Premieres
2009 "RuPaul's Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV
