- 1878 Danvers State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, opens and later serves as inspiration for Arkham Sanitorium in the work of H.P. Lovecraft, which in turn inspires Arkham Asylum of the D.C. Batman universe
- 1888 DeWolf Hopper first recites the comedic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat"
Finale of Kraft Music Hall
1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV
- 1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
- 1962 Ossie Davis' comedic stage farce "Purlie Victorious", starring the playwright, closes the Longacre, Theatre, NYC, after 261 performances
Howard Stern Debuts
1977 Howard Stern begins his professional broadcasting career at WRNW radio in Briarcliff Manor, New York
- 1982 Terri Lea Utley, 20 (Arkansas) crowned 31st Miss USA
- 1984 Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey's stage adaptation of her 1978 novel "A Woman of Independent Means", starring Barbara Rush, closes at Biltmore Theatre, NYC, after 13 performances
- 1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
Scrapple in the Apple
1992 Frank Stallone defeats Geraldo Rivera in a boxing match on The Howard Stern Show called the "Scrapple in the Apple"
- 1993 CBS' soap opera "Knots Landing" ends 14 year-run with 334th show in Netherlands and US
- 1995 Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
- 2001 47th British Academy Television Awards: "Da Ali G Show" Best Comedy, "Clocking Off" Best Drama
- 2004 The final episode of "Frasier" on NBC is watched by 33 million people
Huffman Pleads Guilty
2019 Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty for her part in the US college admissions scandal
