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1921 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC 1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premier…

1st Live Televised Symphony 1948 First live televised symphony performances: Eugene Ormandy leads Philadelphia Orchestra on CBS, followe…

1928 "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) Film & TV History 1964 Sean Connery's fi…

1812 The first Spanish constitution is enacted, one of the earliest constitutions ever promulgated Sagrada Familia 1882 First stone is laid for …

The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Silent film classic "The Thief of Bagdad" based on One Thousand and One Nights, starring Douglas Fairba…

37 Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor …

1840 José Zorrilla's romantic drama "El Zapatero y el Rey" premieres in Madrid Big Boy 1925 James F. Hanley, Joseph M…

483 Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 607 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 624 Battle of Badr: Muhammad'…

1790 John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia 1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure debuts in the New York Lantern Weekly 1938…

1702 First English daily newspaper "Daily Courant" is published 1744 English auction house Sotheby's holds its first ever auction (o…

Roxy Theater Opens 1927 Samuel Rothafel opens the 5,920 seat Roxy Theater in New York City, with silent film "The Love of Sunya"…

1933 "42nd Street" a musical film revolving around rehearsals for a Broadway show, directed by Lloyd Bacon, with choreography by …

764 K'inich K'uk' Bahlum becomes king of the Maya city of Palenque, its last known ruler before the city's collapse 1817 The New Y…

764 K'inich K'uk' Bahlum becomes king of the Maya city of Palenque, its last known ruler before the city's collapse …

1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, Oklahoma (ABC) begins broadcasting …

Peter Pan 1955 The musical "Peter Pan," starring Mary Martin, is broadcast live on NBC as part of the "Producers' Sh…

1854 Charles Miller patents the first US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stands before the city coun…