- 1953 6th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "The Sound Barrier" Best Film
- 1955 WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 "King Kong" 1st televised
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
1956 Capitol Records releases "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!", the tenth album by American singer Frank Sinatra: upbeat collection of pop tunes with jazz arrangements by Nelson Riddle became the first album ever to top the new UK Albums Chart
- 1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
- 1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
- 1967 WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1985 38th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "The Killing Fields" Best Film, Wim Wenders Best Director
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2015 Harrison Ford crash-lands his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR aeroplane in California
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2019 Kylie Jenner is the world's youngest-ever billionaire at 21, according to Forbes
Firth Auctions Shirt
2024 Shirt worn by (a very wet) Colin Firth in 1995 BBC-TV adaption of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" sells for £20,000 ($32,000) at a charity auction in London [1]
