- 1922 The third manslaughter trial against filmmaker Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, involving the death of actress Virginia Rappe, ends with a unanimous not guilty jury acquittal
The Pleasure Garden
1926 Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film as director, "The Pleasure Garden," in England; the silent drama is made in Germany
Grand Hotel
1932 "Grand Hotel" directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Greta Garbo and John Barrymore premieres in New York, includes the line "I want to be alone" (Best Picture/Production 1932)
- 1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
Mad Max
1979 Australian film "Mad Max," starring Mel Gibson and directed by George Miller, is released
- 1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
- 1987 CBS' premiere of fact-based World War II drama "Escape from Sobibor"
TV Show Appearance
1990 Anime TV series "Moomin," based on the Moomin children's books by Tove Jansson, first appears on Tokyo TV
- 1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
- 1991 Amantes (Lovers: A True Story), directed by Vicente Aranda and starring Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz, premieres in Spain
- 1992 Euro Disney (Disneyland Paris) opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France
