Edison's Kinetoscope
1894 First public showing of Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope (moving pictures)
Lady, Be Good!
1926 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1st collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!", featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, opens at Empire Theatre, London's West End; runs for 326 performances
- 1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
- 1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, Iowa (PBS) begins broadcasting
Bye Bye Birdie
1960 Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's musical "Bye Bye Birdie," starring Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, and Dick Gautier, opens at the Martin Beck Theater in NYC and runs for 607 performances
- 1961 First live television broadcast from the Soviet Union
TV Show Appearance
1963 Italian puppet Topo Gigio appears on the "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time
- 1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mule Bone
1991 Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's stage comedy "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 68 performances
Guys & Dolls
1992 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys and Dolls" starring Nathan Lane opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, runs for 1,143 performances, and wins 4 Tony Awards
Bill Nye the Science Guy
1993 "Bill Nye the Science Guy" starring Bill Nye debuts on KCTS-TV in the US
Turner Classic Movies
1994 Turner Classic Movies cable channel launches; media mogul Ted Turner hosts ceremony in NYC's Times Square district at 6PM marking "the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City"
Apple Doesn't Fall..
1996 Trish Vradenburg's play "Apple Doesn't Fall..." directed by Leonard Nimoy opens and closes at the Lyceum Theatre in NYC after one performance
Kevin Hart Arrested
2013 Comedian Kevin Hart is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in California
Beyoncé Headlines Coachella
2018 Beyoncé is the first Black woman to headline the Coachella Music Festival; her performance on this day is the most-watched performance ever on YouTube
