- 1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)
Annie Get Your Gun
1946 Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields' musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman and featuring "There's No Business Like Show Business," opens at the Imperial Theatre, NYC
- 1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece
- 1954 The Educational Television and Radio Center (ETRC), a precursor to PBS, establishes a network of 22 television stations; it separates radio and television functions in 1963 to becomes the National Educational Television Network (NET)
- 1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
- 1959 WTOM-TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, Michigan begins broadcasting (NBC)
1961 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck win
- 1965 18th Cannes Film Festival: "The Knack...and How to Get It" directed by Richard Lester, and based on Ann Jellicoe's play, wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- 1965 WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, NY (TEL) begins broadcasting
Music History
1970 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70
1970 23rd Cannes Film Festival: "M*A*S*H" film, directed by Robert Altman wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
Don't Play Us Cheap
1972 Melvin Van Peebles' musical "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 164 performances
- 1973 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar
- 1977 TV drama “Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn”, starring Leigh McCloskey, follow up to "Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway" premieres on US network NBC, focusing on what happened to him after Dawn left L.A. to return to her hometown
#1 in the Charts
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
Music History
1983 NBC broadcasts "Motown 25", a concert celebrating the anniversary of Motown Record held in Pasadena, California in March; performers include: The Miracles; The Temptations; The Four Tops; Diana Ross and the Supremes; The Jackson 5; and Michael Jackson, who unveils his "moonwalk" dance move
Film & TV History
1986 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from the dead on TV show "Dallas"
- 1997 Brandi Sherwood (Miss Idaho) replaces Brook Lee as Miss USA when Brook is crowned Miss Universe
- 1997 Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of USA crowned 46th Miss Universe
Mulholland Drive
2001 "Mulholland Drive", directed by David Lynch, starring Justin Theroux and Naomi Watts, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
Rocketman
2019 "Rocketman" film based on life of singer Elton John starring Taron Egerton premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
- 2019 UK talk show "The Jeremy Kyle Show" axed by ITV after a guest dies
