- 1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st shown at Koster & Bial's Music Hall, New York City
- 1948 Minnesota's first television station, KSTP TV channel 5 (ABC affiliate), aired its 1st broadcast
- 1953 "Shane", directed by George Stevens and based on the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer, starring Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur premieres
- 1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
Blues for Mister Charlie
1964 James Baldwin's stage drama "Blues for Mister Charlie", directed by Burgess Meredith, opens at the ANTA Playhouse, NYC; runs for 148 performances
- 1986 Disney World breaks ground for Victorian themed Grand Floridian Beach Resort (now known as Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa)
- 1989 CBS' premiere of fact based "The Littlest Victims", based on Newark, N.J. physician James Oleske as the first doctor to discover AIDS in children
Presidential Convention
1994 Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York
- 1996 42nd British Academy Television Awards: "Father Ted" Best Comedy, "Cracker" Best Drama
- 1996 49th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "Sense and Sensibility" Best Film, Michael Radford Best Director
- 2005 YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploads the first video to YouTube, "Me at the zoo," showing him in front of two elephants at the San Diego Zoo, which has over 311 million views [1]
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 "Star Trek Into Darkness" directed by J. J. Abrams starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Sydney
Lemonade
2016 Beyoncé releases her 6th album "Lemonade" with a 1 hour film on HBO
