On This Day in Film and Television
Events in Film & TV
- 1948 "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", film based on B. Traven's novel, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart premieres
- 1956 KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1962 Coco the Clown [Nicolai Poliakoff] is the subject of the BBC TV programme "This is Your Life"
- 1968 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
- 1975 Space Mountain opens at Disneyland
- 1975 Pioneering female comedian Phyllis Diller get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"
Birthdays in Film & TV
Charo
68th Birthday
Dove Cameron
23rd Birthday
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1893 Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble, British Shakespearian actress (Juliet) and author, dies at 83
- 1962 Kenneth MacKenna, American actor and director (Judgment at Nuremberg, Those We Love), dies of cancer at 62
- 1968 John Davidson, American actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc, Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat), dies at 80
- 1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50
Weddings in Film & TV
- 1955 Film director Stanley Kubrick (26) weds theatrical designer Ruth Sobotka (29)
- 2013 "Gomer Pyle" actor Jim Nabors (82) weds retired performer Stan Cadwallader (64) at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle
Elizabeth Taylor
Marilyn Monroe
Bette Davis
Peter Jackson
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg