- 1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 US Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings begin
1st US Female Nightly News Anchor
1976 Barbara Walters becomes the first female US nightly network news anchor (ABC News)
Carson Announces Retirement
1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from "The Tonight Show"
- 1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
- 1998 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida
The Producers
2007 Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan's musical "The Producers", based on Brooks' 1967 film, closes at the St. James Theatre, NYC; after 2,502 performances, and 12 Tony Award wins
Premiere of Veep
2012 TV political comedy "Veep" created by Armando Iannucci, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Anna Chlumsky premieres on HBO