- 1953 KUHT TV channel 8 (PBS) in Houston, TX, begins broadcasting
Elvis and Sinatra Crossover
1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra television special; Elvis sings Sinatra's 1957 Cy Coleman hit "Witchcraft", and Frank performs Presley's 1956 classic "Love Me Tender"
Dylan walks off the Ed Sullivan Show
1963 Bob Dylan walks out of "The Ed Sullivan Show" over a dispute about his song choice
- 1967 20th Cannes Film Festival: "Blowup" directed by Michelangelo Antonioni wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- 1968 WSKG TV channel 46 (PBS) in Binghamton, NY, begins broadcasting
- 1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation: "Ryan's Hope" and "Family Feud" win
Lena Horne: Lady, Music
1981 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander, NYC: runs for 333 performances
- 1983 Julie Lynne Hayek representing California crowned 32nd Miss USA
- 1989 "Entertainment Tonight" makes its 2,000th TV performance
Female Stars Protest SNL
1990 Nora Dunn and Sinéad O'Connor boycott "Saturday Night Live" to protest Andrew Dice Clay's hosting which was perceived as sexist; the show uses a time delay for the third time in its history
- 1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
Inherit the Wind
1996 Revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's stage drama "Inherit the Wind", starring George C. Scott and Charles Durning, closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
Ringo Starr's 6th All-Starr Band
2000 Ringo Starr's sixth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Todd Rundgren, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Timmy Cappello
- 2001 Ringo Starr's seventh All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Roger Hodgson, Ian Hunter, Howard Jones, Greg Lake, Sheila E., and Mark Rivera
- 2013 59th British Academy Television Awards: "The Revolution Will Be Televised" Best Comedy, "Last Tango in Halifax" Best Drama
- 2022 "Fat Ham" an adaption of William Shakespeare's Hamlet by James Ijames opens off-Broadway at The Public Theater in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2022)
- 2024 70th British Academy Television Awards: "Top Boy" Best Drama, "Such Brave Girls" Best Scripted Comedy, Acting awards to Sarah Lancashire and Timothy Spall [1]
