- 1902 Electric Theatre, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California
- 1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 Plans to build the first Disneyland are publicly announced
Romanoff & Juliet
1956 Peter Ustinovs' play "Romanoff & Juliet" premieres in Manchester
- 1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premiere on TV
- 1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, Washington (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
2001 A Space Odyssey
1968 "2001 A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
- 1971 "Dark Shadows," American Gothic supernatural soap opera, concludes an almost five-year run on ABC
- 1973 CBS radio begins on the hour news, 24 hours a day
Dallas
1978 TV show "Dallas" starring Larry Hagman and Barbara Bel Geddes premieres on CBS as a 5 week mini-series; ratings success leads to a 13 year run
1989 WrestleMania V, Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, New Jersey: Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage for WWF Heavyweight title
1995 WrestleMania XI, Hartford Civic Centre, CT: NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
2000 WrestleMania XVI, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, CA: Triple H beats The Rock, Mick Foley and The Big Show in a 4-way elimination match for the WWF Heavyweight tile
2017 WrestleMania XXXIII, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL: Roman Reigns defeats The Undertaker; Brock Lesnar beats Goldberg, first wrestler to win both WWE and Universal Championships
