On This Day in Film and Television
Events in Film & TV
- 1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1959 WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
- 1961 WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1965 WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 2nd Country Music Association Award: Glen Campbell and Tammy Wynette win
- 1976 George Harrison appears on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1980 United Artists withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for re-editing
- 1982 Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts "Saturday Night Live"
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1863 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet) and wife of John Dilis (d. 1939)
- 1890 Robert Armstrong, American actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong), born in Saginaw, Michigan (1973)
- 1891 Reginald Denny, English actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman), born in Richmond, Surrey, England (d. 1967)
- 1894 Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1944)
Deaths in Film & TV
Robert AltmanWeddings in Film & TV
- 1937 Actor Jackie Coogan (23) weds actress Betty Grable (20) at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Los Angeles
- 1944 Model agency executive Eileen Ottensoser (22) weds businessman Gerard W. Ford (20) in San Francisco, California
- 1986 Comedian and actor Steve Martin (41) weds actress Victoria Tennant (36)
- 1993 Actor Luke Perry (27) weds Minnie Sharp (24) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills
- 2001 ABC News political analyst George Stephanopoulos (40) weds actress Alexandra Wentworth (36) at Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan
Divorces in Film & TV
- 2007 Linda Bollea (46) divorces professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (53) after 23 years of marriage
Elizabeth Taylor
Marilyn Monroe
Bette Davis
Peter Jackson
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg