- 1940 First televised basketball game (University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University 50-37)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 Film adaptation of Betty Smith's novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" premieres; director Elia Kazan's first feature film stars Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner
- 1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
- 1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting
Final Episode of "M*A*S*H"
1983 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs on CBS, a two-hour special directed by series star Alan Alda titled "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"; a record 125 million viewers watch in the US
- 1984 British satirical puppet show "Spitting Image" premieres on ITV
- 1988 British television programme "That's Life!" surprises guest Nicholas Winton with an audience full of grown-up children that he saved from German-occupied Czechoslovakia, bringing them to safety in the UK
- 1989 Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
- 1989 Memo by Bryant Gumbel criticizing his NBC "Today" morning news show coworkers becomes public
- 1997 North Hollywood shootout takes place between two heavily armed bank robbers and police officers
- 2004 24th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Gigli" wins
2016 88th Academy Awards: Best Picture - "Spotlight", Best Director - Alejandro G. Iñárritu ("The Revenant"), Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Revenant"), Best Actress - Brie Larson ("Room")
Film & TV History
2019 YouTube announces it will stops all comments on videos featuring children because of paedophiles leaving inappropriate comments
2021 78th Golden Globes: Best film "Nomadland" (drama), "Borat" (comedy), Best TV series "The Crown", Chadwick Boseman posthumously wins film Best Actor
Oprah Leaves WeightWatchers
2024 Oprah Winfrey says she is stepping down from the board of WeightWatchers and selling her shares, months after she confirmed taking prescription weight-loss drugs [1]
