Events in Film & TV
Film Premier
1946 Film noir "The Killers" premieres, directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, based on a story by Ernest Hemingway
- 1956 17th Venice Film Festival opens. No Golden Lion awarded
- 1964 WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland
- 1966 27th Venice Film Festival: "The Battle of Algiers" directed by Gillo Pontecorvo wins Golden Lion
- 1980 37th Venice Film Festival: "Atlantic City" directed by Louis Malle and "Gloria" directed by John Cassavetes jointly awarded Golden Lion (first since 1968)
- 1982 39th Venice Film Festival: "The State of Things" directed by Wim Wenders wins Golden Lion
- 1986 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
Event of Interest
1986 American rock singer Tina Turner's star unveiled at Hollywood's Walk of Fame; Hollywood, California
Tina Turner
- 1988 40th Emmy Awards: Thirtysomething, The Wonder Years & Richard Kiley win
- 1996 53rd Venice Film Festival: "Michael Collins" directed by Neil Jordan wins Golden Lion
- 2013 70th Venice Film Festival: "Sacro GRA" directed by Gianfranco Rosi wins Golden Lion
- 2017 English actor Ed Skrein pulls out of role in movie “Hellboy” after whitewashing criticism
- 2017 Matt Vogel makes his debut as the voice of Kermit the Frog in "Muppet Thought of the Week" video
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1883 E. E. Clive, Welsh actor (Night Must Fall, Dark Hour), born in Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1940)
- 1891 Stanley Andrews, American actor (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)
- 1897 Morris Ankrum, American actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1964)
- 1899 Charles Boyer, French actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park), born in Figeac, Lot, France (d. 1978)
- 1905 Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang), born in Russia (d. 1980)
- 1906 Leslie Dwyer, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), born in London, England (d. 1986)
- 1913 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), born in Geelong, Australia (d. 1993)
- 1921 Johan "Joop" Doderer, Dutch actor (Swiebertje, My Fair Lady), born in Velsen, Netherlands (d. 2005)
- 1921 Nancy Kulp, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, The Aristocats, Shane), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- 1921 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2007)
- 1924 Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)
- 1925 John Gillett, British film critic and researcher, born in London (d. 1995)
- 1925 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
- 1929 Roxie Roker, Bahamian-American actress (The Jeffersons- Helen Willis), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1995)
- 1930 Ben Gazzara, American actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
- 1930 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in London, England (d. 2019)
- 1939 [Catherine] Cassie Mackin, American newswoman (NBC TV) and 1st woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)
- 1940 Ken Jenkins, American actor (Scrubs - Dr. Bob Kelso), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1943 David Soul [Solberg], American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch) and singer (Don't Give Up On Us), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1945 Bruno Nuytten, French film director (Camille Claudel), born in Melun, Île-de-France, France
- 1947 Alice Playton, American actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name), born in NYC, New York
- 1948 Vonda N. McIntyre, American sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1949 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 2005)
- 1952 Guy Nadon, Canadian actor (L'ange gardien), born in Montréal, Québec
- 1956 Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor (The Limey), born in Cayey, Puerto Rico
- 1957 Daniel Stern, American actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years), born in Stamford, Connecticut
- 1957 Rick Rossovich, American actor (Top Gun, Roxanne, ER), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1960 Emma [Elizabeth Wylie Samuelson] Samms, British actress (Colby's, General Hospital), born in London, England
- 1962 David Fincher, American film director and producer (The Social Network, Gone Girl), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1968 Billy Boyd, Scottish actor (Seed of Chucky), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1969 Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1969 Jack Black, American actor (High Fidelity, Kung Fu Panda), comedian and singer (Tenacious D), born in Santa Monica, California
- 1972 John Buchanan, American actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man), born in Tallahassee, Florida
- 1973 Matthew John Armstrong, American actor (American Dreams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1975 Vera Jordanova, Bulgarian-Finnish actress and model, born in Helsinki, Finland
- 1983 Alfonso Herrera, Mexican actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD, born in Mexico City, Mexico
- 1985 James Jagger, American actor (Vinyl) and son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall, born in NYC, New York
- 1986 Armand "Armie" Hammer, American actor, born in Santa Monica, California
- 1989 Trixie Mattel [Brian Firkus], American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, and television personality (The Trixie & Katya Show), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1991 Kyle Massey, American actor and rapper, born in Atlanta, Georgia
Weddings in Film & TV
- 1968 1 day marriage of TV character Murphy Brown
Wedding of Interest
1999 Actress Cathy Moriarty (38) weds financier Joseph Gentile
Cathy Moriarty
Wedding of Interest
2004 "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Mariska Hargitay (40) weds actor-writer Peter Hermann (37) at the Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara, California
Mariska Hargitay
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1933 Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
- 1951 Robert Walker, American actor and writer (Strangers on a Train, Bataan, Madame Curie), dies from an adverse reaction to prescription drugs at 32
- 1964 Lumsden Hare, Irish actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess), dies at 89
- 1969 Clarence Hennecke, American actor (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops), dies at 74
- 1983 Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
- 1985 Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, The Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
- 1987 John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
- 1988 Hazel Dawn, American singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98
- 1991 Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies
- 1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
- 1993 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
- 2005 Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
- 2007 Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress (Katsumi-Sayonara, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 78
- 2010 William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University
- 2014 Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (Hancock's Half Hour), dies at 92
Chadwick Boseman
2020 Chadwick Boseman, American actor (Black Panther), dies of colon cancer at 42
Chadwick Boseman