- 1934 First appearance of Donald Duck in the cartoon "The Wise Little Hen"
- 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon "A Gruesome Twosome" starring Tweety premieres in the US
- 1948 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1951 "Doodles Weaver Show" debuts on NBC-TV
Texaco Star Theater Finale
1953 Milton Berle's TV show "Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV
- 1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
- 1967 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California
Pryor Burned in Accident
1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers severe burns from free basing cocaine
- 1984 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", directed by William Shatner and starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, premieres in America
Red Hot + Blue
1990 Red Hot Organization releases music album "Red Hot + Blue" featuring contemporary pop stars (including U2; Annie Lennox; Thompson Twins; Sinéad O'Connor; Tom Waits) performing songs of Cole Porter to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV
- 1993 "Ce que femme veut", directed by Gérard Jumel and starring Karin Viard and Caroline Chaniolleau, premieres in France
- 1993 "Tout capour ca!", directed by Claude Lelouch and starring Francis Huster and Fabrice Luchini, premieres in France
- 1995 "Congo", directed by Frank Marshall and starring Laura Linney and Tim Curry, premieres in America
Tony Awards
2013 67th Tony Awards: Cicely Tyson wins Best Actress for her performance as Miss Carrie Watts in "The Trip to Bountiful"
Cox Makes History
2014 Laverne Cox becomes the first transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine
Tony Awards
2019 73rd Tony Awards: "Hadestown" best musical, "The Ferryman" best play, Bryan Cranston and Elaine May win
- 2019 Ali Stroker becomes the first actress in a wheelchair to win a Tony award for musical "Oklahoma!"
