Marty
1955 "Marty" directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair, premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)
- 1959 Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Harold Arlen's musical "Jamaica", starring Lena Horne, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 558 performances
Strangers in the Night
1966 Frank Sinatra records "Strangers in the Night" single for his album of the same name, later reaches #1 on the Billboard charts
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
1967 Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" debuts in London at the Old Vic Theatre
- 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Inchon!" wins
Miss Saigon
1991 Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil's musical "Miss Saigon," based on Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," and starring Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga opens at Broadway Theatre, NYC; runs for 4,092 performances, winning three Tony Awards
- 1991 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
- 1999 52nd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "Shakespeare in Love" Best Film, Peter Weir Best Director
- 2010 "The night of Sora Aoi", Japanese actress and adult video star Sora Aoi joins twitter prompting many Chinese fans to try and circumnavigate Chinese censorship
Farm Aid Concert
2020 Farm Aid "At Home" held virtually; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Black Pumas, Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Edie Brickell, Jack Johnson, and Jon Batiste [1]
