Peter Pan

Today's 7 March Film TV in History

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…

1824 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castra…

1917 First jazz records are recorded: "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" by the Original Dixieland…

1920 German silent horror film classic "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" starring Werner Krauss is released 1947 4th Golden…

1904 Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith's musical "Babette" closes at the Broadway Theatre, NYC;, after 59 performances …

Jeanie Deans 1860 Dion Boucicault's stage drama "Jeanie Deans" opens at Laura Keene's Theatre, NYC 1894 William…

418 [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope 795 Leo III begins his reign as Pope after his election the previous day 1437 Albert I…

1831 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board departs England for a survey of South America, a voyage Darwin later said "determined my whole …

536 Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empir…

1852 Gustav Freytag's comedy play "The Journalists" premieres in Breslau The Poor of New York 1857 Dion Boucicault…

Clifton Suspension Bridge 1864 The Clifton Suspension Bridge opens in Bristol, England, 5 years after the death of and as a memorial to its design…

1925 George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin's musical "The Cocoanuts" starring the Marx Brothers opens at the Lyric Theatr…

Schubert's Symphony No. 2 1877 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major premieres in London, England, performed by the Crys…

Helen Hayes Theater 1911 Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St, New York City 1930 Adventures of Sherlock H…