The Colleen Bawn
1860 Dion Boucicault's stage melodrama "The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen" at Laura Keene's Theatre, NYC
James Stewart Made Colonel
1945 Movie star James Stewart promoted to full colonel, one of the few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years
The King and I
1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King and I", based on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam", opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 1,246 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards; Star Yul Brynner would lead the cast of the 1956 film version, and play the role over 4,200 times
- 1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
TV Show Appearance
1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "The Tonight Show"
- 1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
- 1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Film & TV History
1968 Teri Garr guest stars in "Assignment: Earth" episode of the original Star Trek TV series
Look to the Lilies
1970 Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn's musical "Look to the Lilies", based on the novel and film "Lilies of the Field", starring Shirley Booth and Al Freeman, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 25 performances
- 1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Television Finale
1978 TV variety show "The Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS in the US, having won 25 Emmy Awards
- 1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Mommie Dearest" wins
- 1982 TV soap opera "Capitol" premieres on CBS
- 1987 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Howard the Duck" wins
1987 WrestleMania III: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan: Hulk Hogan successfully defends WWF Heavyweight title against André the Giant before crowd of 93,173
- 1989 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Cocktail" wins
- 1992 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Hudson Hawk" wins
1993 Actress Elizabeth Taylor presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her AIDS/HIV activism at 65th Academy Awards
Film & TV History
2005 The Walt Disney Company and Miramax Films co-founders Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein announce they will not renew the brothers' management agreement when it expires in September
2015 WrestleMania XXXI, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA (76,976): Seth Rollins beats Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns in impromptu triple threat match to capture WWE Heavyweight title
