Today's 20 April Film TV in History

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  • 1920 Big Show ends a two-year run on NBC radio

Make Mine Music

1946 Walt Disney's animated film anthology "Make Mine Music" premieres in New York City

  • 1951 4th Cannes Film Festival: "Miss Julie" directed by Alf Sjoberg and "Miracle in Milan" directed by Vittorio De Sica jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
  • 1963 10th National Film Awards (India): "Dada Thakur" wins the Golden Lotus
  • 1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting

Tony Awards

1969 Al Pacino wins a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?"

  • 1977 Al Pacino wins a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"

Annie Hall

1977 Film "Annie Hall," written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen alongside Diane Keaton, is released; wins Academy Award for Best Picture in 1978

  • 1981 The final episode of the TV show "Soap" airs
  • 1992 100th episode of American sitcom "Murphy Brown" airs

Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

1992 All-star benefit concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium, London; performers include: Queen, Roger Daltry, Robert Plant, Zucchero, Paul Young, Seal, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Mick Ronson, George Michael, Elton John, Axl Rose, and Liza Minnelli

  • 2008 54th British Academy Television Awards: "Fonejacker" Best Comedy, "The Street" best Drama

Most Beautiful at Every Age

2012 People magazine name Eva Mendes as one of 2012's Most Beautiful at Every Age

  • 2018 Actress Allison Mack arrested on charges of sex trafficking in relation to sex cult NXIVM in New York
  • 2022 Online streaming service Netflix reports its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, losing 200,000 subscribers from January through March [1]

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