- 1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)
What Makes Sammy Run?
1964 Erwin Drake's musical "What Makes Sammy Run?", starring Steve Lawrence, Robert Alda, and Sally Ann Howes, opens at 54th St Theater, NYC; runs for 540 performances
High Spirits
1965 Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray's musical "High Spirits", based on Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit", closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 375 performances
1968 CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite delivers a scathing editorial on America's chances of winning the Vietnam War
- 1986 The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis
Film & TV History
1996 American film production company "Happy Madison Productions" is founded by Adam Sandler
- 1996 First appearance of Pokémon in the role-playing video game "Pocket Monsters Red and Green" for Game Boy in Japan
- 1998 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins
2011 83rd Academy Awards: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win Best Original Score for 'The Social Network'
Film & TV History
2019 Actor Luke Perry (52) suffers a stroke in Los Angeles