Blue Ribbon Town
1943 Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio
- 1950 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting
Singin' in the Rain
1952 "Singin' in the Rain," a musical comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen and starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
The Chivington Raid
1955 Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse, episode "The Chivington Raid")
- 1955 WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, Rhode Island (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records
The Leopard
1963 Historical film "The Leopard" directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Claudia Cardinale premieres in Rome, based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Sentimental Journey
1970 Ringo Starr releases his first solo album "Sentimental Journey," a collection of pre-rock standards
- 1972 Wyoming officially names "Curt Gowdy State Park", in honor of the nationally recognized broadcaster
1973 45th Academy Awards: "The Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win; Brando declines the Oscar for Best Actor to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans in film, in a speech by activist Sacheen Littlefeather [1]
Dancin'
1978 Bob Fosse's musical revue "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater, later transferring to the Ambassador, NYC; runs for 1,774 performances and wins a Tony Award for choreography
Film & TV History
1983 Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" premieres in NYC
Film & TV History
1985 Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan acquiesces to put interviewer Richard Belzer in a hold, resulting in Belzer passing out, hitting his head on the floor, and requiring 9 stitches; Belzer sues Hogan for $5 million in damages for personal injury, they settle out of court, and Belzer buys a home in France
- 1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour groundbreaking
- 1988 WrestleMania IV, Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, NJ: Randy "Macho Man" Savage beats Ted DiBiase for WWF Heavyweight title
- 1989 First African American soap opera, "Generations," premieres on NBC-TV
- 1997 Horton Foote's stage drama "The Young Man From Atlanta" starring Rip Torn and Shirley Knight opens at Longacre Theatre, NYC; runs for 85 performances
