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Today's 2 March Film TV in History

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1933 "King Kong" film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in NYC

1940 The first televised intercollegiate track meet is seen in NYC on W2XBS; NYU wins the meet presented live from Madison Square Garden

The Sound of Music

1965 One of the most popular musical films of all time, "The Sound of Music," starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premieres (Academy Award for Best Picture - 1966)

1967 9th Grammy Awards: "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra wins Best Record, "Michele" by The Beatles wins Best Song

1976 Walt Disney World logs its 50 millionth guest

Film & TV History

1977 Bette Davis is the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award

2007 38th NAACP Image Awards: "The Pursuit of Happyness" wins Outstanding Motion Picture

2019 FESPACO, Africa's largest film festival in its 50th year awards the Golden Stallion of Yennenga to "The Mercy of the Jungle" by Joel Karekezi, in Burkina Faso

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