- 1959 "The 400 Blows", French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, is released
- 1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1965 KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1975 Italian film "Seven Beauties" directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, and Shirley Stoler released - first film directed by a women to be nominated for an Academy Award
- 1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
Doctorate of Music
1991 Phil Collins, Al Jarreau, Ikutaro Kakehashi and Joe Zawinul receive honorary doctorate degrees from the Berklee College of Music in Boston [1]
Agreement of Interest
2008 Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep "Family Guy" and "American Dad" on television until 2012, making him the world's highest-paid television writer
Film & TV History
2010 Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, although on the original star her name is spelled incorrectly
- 2023 "Primary" Trust" written by Eboni Booth and starring William Jackson Harper premieres at the Roundabout Theater in New York - 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama [1]
Walk of Fame Star for Carrie Fisher
2023 Actress and writer Carrie Fisher, best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars films, is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [1]
Trump Targets Foreign Films
2025 US President Donald Trump announces 100% tariffs on foreign films brought into the United States [1]
