- 1925 Charles Jenkins is granted the U.S. patent for Transmitting Pictures over Wireless (early television)
- 1940 "Brenda Starr, Reporter", 1st cartoon strip by a woman, Dale [Dalia] Messick, begins as a comic-book supplement to Chicago's Sunday Tribune
- 1952 "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV
- 1973 "Burns & Schreiber Comedy Hour" TV Variety; debut on ABC
Lena Horne: Lady, Music
1982 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander, NYC, after 333 performances
- 1988 Sitcom "Sledge Hammer!" last airs on ABC-TV
Great Balls of Fire!
1989 "Great Balls of Fire!" a quasi-biographical drama film starring Dennis Quaid as rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis premieres; Lewis hates the film and the book from which it is sourced, but praises Quaid's performance
Disney Buys Miramax
1993 The Walt Disney Company purchases Miramax Films from founders Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein for $60M, and hires them to run the division
- 1998 Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down
Spider-Man 2
2004 "Spider-Man 2" directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst is released
Rolf Harris Convicted
2014 Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is convicted of indecent assault in London, England
- 2021 American actress Allison Mack sentenced to three years for her role in the NXVIM sex cult in New York state
Cosby Released
2021 Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns comedian Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case is bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby in return for Cosby's testimony in a related civil suit; Cosby is immediately released from prison
- 2024 "Inside Out 2" becomes the first film since "Barbie" in 2023 to earn $1 billion globally [1]
