- 1915 Carl Laemmle opens film studio Universal Pictures Hollywood in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles [1]
- 1948 WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1955 WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1959 WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1962 KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1963 WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1965 WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, Tennessee (PBS) 1st broadcast
- 1977 "Eight is Enough" premieres on ABC-TV
- 1977 TV comedy "Three's Company" starring John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, and Joyce DeWitt, premieres on ABC in US
- 1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
- 1982 KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP)
Sweet Charity
1987 Revival of Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" starring Debbie Allen and Bebe Neuwirth, closes at the Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 368 performances and 4 Tony Award wins
Music History
1998 The revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret," starring Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson, opens at Club Expo Theater in NYC, runs for 2,377 performances, and wins four Tony Awards
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2010 25th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: ABBA; Genesis; Jimmy Cliff; The Hollies; The Stooges; David Geffen; Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil; Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry; Jesse Stone; Mort Shuman; and Otis Blackwell
- 2017 Disney refuses to cut gay moment in film "Beauty and the Beast" for Malaysian censors, instead pulls film from Malaysia
