- 1944 "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC-TV, in New York City only
- 1949 US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember" is 1st broadcast on DuMont Television Network
- 1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1981 Charles Rocket clearly says "f*ck" on "Saturday Night Live"
1990 "The Batman Theme" by Danny Elfman wins Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at 32nd Annual Grammy Awards
1990 32nd Grammy Awards: Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" (both Record of the Year and Song of the Year), and Bonnie Raitt's "Nick of Time" (Album of the Year) win
Music History
1991 Neil Simon's stage comic-drama "Lost in Yonkers", starring Mercedes Ruehl and Kevin Spacey, opens at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC; runs for 780 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 Bill Maher's political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" debuts on HBO
- 2009 29th Golden Raspberry Awards: "The Love Guru" wins
2010 63rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "The Hurt Locker" Best Film, Kathryn Bigelow Best Director
- 2015 35th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Saving Christmas" wins worst film
- 2016 66th Berlin International Film Festival: Italian documentary "Fire at Sea" wins the Golden Bear
- 2018 Indian film star Kamal Haasan launches a new political party - Makkal Needhi Mayyam in Tamil Nadu state
