On This Day in Film and Television
Events in Film & TV
- 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published by George Allen and Unwin in London
- 1948 "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV
- 1953 KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast
- 1957 "Perry Mason" TV series based on the character by author Erle Stanley Gardner, starring Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV
- 1968 Police drama "Adam-12" debuts on NBC in the US
- 1970 "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21
- 1970 KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1986 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney & Lacey & Michael J. Fox win
Birthdays in Film & TV
Bill Murray
68th Birthday
Joseph Mazzello
35th Birthday
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1946 Olga Engl, Austrian actress (b. 1971)
- 1947 Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II], American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Red River), dies at 69
- 1973 Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39
- 1974 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point), dies at 80
Weddings in Film & TV
- 1996 Supermodel Christie Brinkey marries for 4th time to Peter Cook
Divorces in Film & TV
- 1995 Actor and host Wayne Brady (23) divorces Diana Lasso after almost 2 years of marriage