- 1913 US Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
All American Finale
1962 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "All American", starring Ray Bolger, closes at the Winter Garden Theater, NYC after 80 performances
Dancin' Fool
1979 CBS Records releases Frank Zappa's "Dancin' Fool" single from his album "Sheik Yerbouti"; it peaks at #45, his biggest hit at the time
- 1982 35th Cannes Film Festival: "Missing" directed by Costa Gavras and "Yol" directed by Serif Goren and Yilmaz Güney jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
- 1987 Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe
1993 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
- 1996 Revival of William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC after 65 performances
2002 55th Cannes Film Festival: "The Pianist" directed by Roman Polanski wins the Palme d'Or
2013 66th Cannes Film Festival: "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" directed by Abdellatif Kechiche wins the Palme d'Or. The two main actresses in the film, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux also awarded
Whedon Honored
2013 Joss Whedon is awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from Wesleyan University
- 2021 Amazon says it will buy 97-year-old film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $8.45 billion
