On This Day in Film and Television
Events in Film & TV
- 1954 "Seven Samurai", Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, is released
- 1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
- 1984 President Reagan visits China
- 1991 "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
- 1992 "Growing Pains" final episode on ABC TV
- 1992 "Who's The Boss" final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
- 1993 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman
Birthdays in Film & TV
Jet Li
55th Birthday
Melania Trump
48th Birthday
Deaths in Film & TV
John Wilkes Booth
Broderick Crawford
Lucille BallWeddings in Film & TV
- 1948 Actress Lana Turner marries 3rd husband Henry J. Topping, Jr
- 1986 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
- 1994 "Mad About You" actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34)
- 2015 "The Vampire Diaries" actor Ian Somerhalder (36) weds Twilight actress Nikki Reed (26) in Malibu, California
Divorces in Film & TV
- 1994 Actor Patrick Dempsey (28) divorces manager Rocky Parker after nearly 7 years of marriage
- 2004 Model-actress Deborah Falconer (38) divorces actor Robert Downey Jr (39) due to irreconcilable differences after 12 years of marriage