First 12-Reel Film
1915 "The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
Walt Disney Studios
1926 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
- 1947 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1952 "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day" debuts on NBC TV
- 1953 WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins
- 1958 KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Hoagy Carmichael Hollywood Star
1960 American "Stardust" composer and character actor Hoagy Carmichael receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1962 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
Stop In the Name of Love
1965 Motown Records release The Supremes' single "Stop In the Name of Love"
- 1968 Film "Planet of the Apes," based on Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel "La Planète des Singes," premieres in New York City
- 1971 Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
- 1974 American television soap opera "The Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run on CBS
You're Sixteen
1974 Ringo Starr releases a cover of "You're Sixteen" as a single in UK; originally released by Johnny Burnette in 1960
- 1974 TV sitcom "Good Times", spin-off from "Maude", starring Esther Rolle, John Amos, and J.J. Walker, premieres on CBS TV
A Better Tomorrow
1986 Jon Woo's action film "A Better Tomorrow", starring Chow Yun-fat, premieres in Hong Kong
- 1990 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
- 1993 GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
- 1994 "Sátántangó", Hungarian film directed by Béla Tarr, starring Mihály Víg, Putyi Horváth, is released
- 1997 28th NAACP Image Awards: "A Time to Kill" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- 2007 57th Berlin International Film Festival: "Tuya's Marriage" wins the Golden Bear
2009 62nd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "Slumdog Millionaire" Best Film, Danny Boyle Best Director
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016 Late-night talk show "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" debuts on TBS in the US
