The Century Girl
1917 Irving Berlin, Victor. Herbert, and Henry Blossom's musical-comedy revue "The Century Girl", closes at the Century Theatre, NYC, after 200 performances
- 1928 RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady, New York, allowing trials of inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson's first home television receiver; a poor and unsteady 1.5-square-inch picture is received from a radio transmitter
- 1937 First animated cartoon electric sign is displayed in NYC
- 1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, Alabama (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1957 4th National Film Awards (India): "Kabuliwala" wins the Golden Lotus
- 1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1959 6th National Film Awards (India): "Sagar Sangamey" wins the Golden Lotus
- 1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
My Name is Barbra
1965 "My Name is Barbra", Barbra Streisand's first television special, premieres on CBS
Lennon's Final TV Interview
1975 Ringo Starr appears on "The Smothers Brothers Show", singing Hoyt Axton's "No No Song", and John Lennon is the guest on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" program, in what turns out to be his final television interview; both on NBC-TV
- 1981 "We’re Fighting Back" premieres on CBS in the US, based on the formation of the Guardian Angels
1986 Soviet TV news program Vremya announces a nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station, 2 days after the event
- 1997 Ringo Starr's fourth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Mark Rivera
Film & TV History
2014 Craig Ferguson announces he will leave "The Late Late Show" at the end of 2014
Goop Magazine
2017 Gwyneth Paltrow brand Goop and Condé Nast announce they will be launching a quarterly publication together
Record Opening for Avengers: Endgame
2019 Disney says Marvel film "Avengers: Endgame" made estimated $1.2 billion worldwide, first film to make more than 1 billion on opening
Game of Thrones: The Long Night
2019 TV series "Game of Thrones: The Long Night" episode debuts with the longest battle ever screened (nearly 80 mins), surpassing "Lord of the Rings" Battle of Helm's Deep (44 mins)
- 2020 US Department of Defense releases three declassified videos of possible UFOs from 2004 and 2015
- 2023 Taiwanese political TV drama "Wave Makers" debuts on Netflix - goes on to ignite a #Me Too movement in Taiwan [1]
