Today in History: World Events & Anniversaries | Bluaz

1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT) Annie Get Your Gun 1946 Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields&#…

Roosevelt Hotel Opens 1927 Hollywood landmark the Roosevelt Hotel opens in Los Angeles by Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and Sid Grauma…

1897 Oldest continuously operating movie theater in the world, the State Theatre first opens in Washington, Iowa (Guinness World Records) …

1878 Danvers State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, opens and later serves as inspiration for Arkham Sanitorium in the wo…

1953 KUHT TV channel 8 (PBS) in Houston, TX, begins broadcasting Elvis and Sinatra Crossover 1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank …

The Winter's Tale 1611 Earlier known performance of Shakespeare's comedy "The Winter's Tale" at the Globe theatre, L…

1849 Astor Place Riot: Backers of American actor and working class hero Edwin Forrest attempt to disrupt British actor William McReady'…

1754 First newspaper cartoon in America, a divided snake with the words "Join or Die" by Benjamin Franklin, is published in The…

1777 Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy play "School for Scandal" premieres in London 1912 Film and television production and d…

1947 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC Flower Drum Song 1960 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musica…

1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC) Bob Hope's 1st USO Show 1941 At California's …

1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting Out of This World 1951 Cole Porter's musical "…

1959 "The 400 Blows", French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, is released 1964 KIII TV channel…

Going My Way 1944 "Going My Way," directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby, premieres in New York (Academy Award for Bes…

The Coffee Shop 1750 Carlo Goldoni's comedy "La Botega di Caffè" (The Coffee Shop) premieres in Mantua Jack Benny&#…

1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running association with CBS radio, various programs continue until 1945 1939 Batman first app…

1598 First theater performance in America, the Spanish comedy "Rio Grande" 1695 William Congreve's Restoration comedy "Lov…

1932 First broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC radio, the longest-running dramatic serial on US radio (ends 1959) 1940…

The Century Girl 1917 Irving Berlin, Victor. Herbert, and Henry Blossom's musical-comedy revue "The Century Girl", closes at…

1986 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) hacks into and interrupts HBO Music History 1986 Revival of Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and D…