- 1787 First American comedy play, "The Contrast," debuts in NYC
The Music Box
1932 Short film "The Music Box" is released in the US, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1932 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film)
- 1953 WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1958 5th National Film Awards (India): "Do Aankhen Barah Haath" wins the Golden Lotus
- 1978 NBC's premiere of miniseries "Holocaust"
The Piano Lesson
1990 August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson", starring Charles S. Dutton, opens at the Walter Kerr Theater, NYC; runs for 320 performances
Mule Variations
1999 Anti-Records releases "Mule Variations", the thirteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; his biggest selling album goes on to win Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
Film & TV History
2006 Colin Farrell reaches a confidential settlement with ex-girlfriend Nicole Narain to keep their 13-minute sex tape private
- 2007 "Spider-Man 3" directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kristen Dunst premieres at the Tokyo Film Festival
World Record
2017 World record for gathering of Charlie Chaplin lookalikes; 662 at Manoir de Ban, Chaplin's World in Vevey, Switzerland
Film & TV History
2021 Gary Sinise hosts the inauguration ceremony of the World War I memorial in Washington D.C.
