- 1933 "42nd Street" a musical film revolving around rehearsals for a Broadway show, directed by Lloyd Bacon, with choreography by Busby Berkeley, and songs by Harry Warren and by Al Dubin, premieres at the Strand, NYC; later adapted as a stage musical
- 1954 1st local color TV commercial WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
- 1954 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
I Want a Guy
1961 Tamla Records releases single "I Want a Guy" b/w "Never Again" by the Supremes
The Passage
1979 "The Passage", directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Anthony Quinn, is released in the United States
Film & TV History
1981 Dan Rather becomes the primary anchor of CBS Evening News
Appointment of Interest
1988 Actress Audrey Hepburn is appointed a UNICEF Special Ambassador (Goodwill Ambassador 1989)
- 1991 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg
The Suze Orman Show
2002 Financial advice TV show "The Suze Orman Show" starring Suze Orman premieres on CNBC
Film & TV History
2004 "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, premieres in Los Angeles, California
Film & TV History
2021 UK TV host Piers Morgan leaves ITV's "Good Morning" after 41,000 complaints made about him saying he did not believe Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's statement about her mental health
Gershwin Prize
2022 American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Razzie Awards
2024 44th Razzie Awards: “Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey” worst picture, Jon Voight worst actor, Megan Fox worst actress [1]
- 2025 Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), a species identified in 1925, is filmed for the first time by scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute; the 30 sm (11.8 inches) juvenile was captured on video at a depth of 600 meters (1968 feet) near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean using SuBastian, a remotely operated vehicle [1]
