- 1921 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
- 1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
- 1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 "The Rose Tattoo" wins 3 Academy awards, including Anna Manini for Best Actress and Cinematography (Black & White)
- 1966 American medical drama series "Ben Casey", starring Vince Edwards and Sam Jaffe, ends a five season run on ABC-TV
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 Musical comedy film "Thoroughly Modern Millie", starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, and Carol Channing, premieres at the Criterion Theatre, NYC
- 1970 1st San Diego Comic-Con International opens at U.S. Grant Hotel
- 1970 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
- 1971 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
Television Finale
1980 On season finale cliffhanger of TV show "Dallas", villain J.R. Ewing is shot by unknown assailant
- 1990 "Normal Life" starring Max Gail, Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
- 1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) attends the Tokyo Dome
Pro Wrestling
1991 Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
Music History
1994 English actor Dudley Moore arrested for hitting his girlfriend
Film & TV History
1996 Revival of Tennessee Williams' stage drama "Night of the Iguana", starring William Petersen and Marsha Mason, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 68 performances
Selena
1997 Film "Selena" is released based on the life of singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, starring Jennifer Lopez in her breakthrough role, directed by Gregory Nava
- 2004 Western series "Deadwood" created by David Milch, starring Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant, premieres on HBO
- 2018 China announces greater controls over the media, including merging state-run radio and television broadcasters into a single conglomerate called “Voice of China”
- 2018 English TV presenter Ant McPartlin charged with drink driving following an accident in London
Film & TV History
2019 Emilia Clarke reveals she suffered two brain aneurysms while filming "Games of Thrones" in an article for "The New Yorker"
Music Concert
2019 Ringo Starr's fourteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham
