Roxy Theater Opens
1927 Samuel Rothafel opens the 5,920 seat Roxy Theater in New York City, with silent film "The Love of Sunya" starring Gloria Swanson; largest movie theatre at the time of construction
- 1948 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1957 Charles Van Doren finally loses on the US TV game show "Twenty-One" after winning $129,000, later revealed to be fixed
A Raisin in the Sun
1959 Lorraine Hansberry's stage drama "A Raisin in the Sun," the first Broadway play by a Black woman, starring Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; later transfers to the Belasco Theatre; runs for 530 performances
Film & TV History
1964 Gene Roddenberry brings together a 16-page pitch for the original Star Trek series
Music History
1968 Episode of "The Monkees" TV show features musician Frank Zappa posing as Mike Nesmith and vice versa, debating qualities of each other's music
1970 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius; Crosby Stills & Nash; Peggy Lee win
- 1974 Rhino Records store in Claremont, California offers customers 5 cents to take home "Partridge Family" actor Danny Bonaduce's debut solo album
Music History
2008 Plácido Domingo named "The King of Singers" in BBC Music Magazine, based on voting by 16 renowned opera critics for the April 2008 issue
Film & TV History
2020 Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York
