Events in Film & TV
Music Recording
1985 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
Barbra Streisand
Event of Interest
2015 US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump says in a CNN interview that news anchor Mergyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”
Donald Trump
Film Premier
2018 "Crazy Rich Asians" first Hollywood film with all-Asian cast, starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh premieres in Los Angeles
Constance Wu
Event of Interest
2018 China bans release of Winnie the Pooh movie "Christopher Robin", after character used to mock Chinese President Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
- 2018 CW network announces Ruby Rose cast as lesbian superhero Batwoman
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1884 Billie Burke [Mary William Ethelbert Appleton], American actress (The Wizard of Oz, Merrily We Live), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1970)
- 1885 Gordon Harker, British actor (Facts of Love, Champagne, Inspector Hornleigh), born in London, England (d. 1967)
- 1899 Irene "Renie" Riano, English-born American actress [The Family Jewels], born in London, England (d. 1971)
- 1902 Ann Harding, American actress (East is West, Janie), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1981)
- 1914 Ted Moore, South Africa, cinematographer (James Bond)
- 1924 Kenneth Kendall, British broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), born in British India (d. 2012)
- 1926 Stan Freberg, satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice (Bertie), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1927 Carl Switzer, American actor (Our Gang, Beginner's Luck, General Spanky), born in Paris, Illinois (d. 1959)
- 1928 Romeo Muller, American screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1932 Maria M L "Marijke" Bakker, Dutch actress (Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown)
- 1932 Edward Hardwicke, British actor
- 1939 Verna Bloom, Lynn MA, actress (After Hours, Badge 373)
- 1939 Anjanette Comer, American actress (Baby, Lepke), born in Dawson, Texas
- 1940 Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress (Making It, Peyton Place)
- 1942 Masa Saito, wrestler (AWA/WWF/NJPW/CWFI)
- 1942 Garrison Keillor, American voice actor, humorist and radio personality (A Prairie Home Companion), born in Anoka, Minnesota
- 1942 Tobin Bell, American actor
- 1944 David Rasche, actor (Sledge Hammer), born in St Louis, Missouri
- 1944 John Glover, actor (52 Pick-Up, Something Special), born in Kingston, New York
- 1952 Alexei Sayle, British comedian
- 1954 Caroline Aaron, actress (Crimes & Misdemeanors), born in Richmond, Virginia
- 1955 Wayne Knight, American actor
- 1955 Gregoris Valtinos, Greek actor and director
- 1960 David Duchovny, American actor (The X-Files, Californication), born in NYC, New York
- 1963 Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor
- 1964 Michael Weishan, American TV host
- 1967 Charlotte Lewis, Kensington actress (Golden Child, Pirates), born in London, England
- 1971 Sydney Penny, actress (Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children)
- 1972 Greg Serano, American actor
- 1974 Michael Shannon, American actor (Nocturnal Animals, Boardwalk Empire), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Charlize Theron
1975 Charlize Theron, South African actress (Mad Max, The Cider House Rules, Monster), born in Benoni, Transvaal
Charlize Theron
- 1978 Cirroc Lofton, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1979 Eric Johnson, American actor, born in Austin, Texas
- 1980 Aurélie Claudel, French model, born in Laxou, France
- 1983 Tina O'Brien, British actress, born in Manchester, England
- 1996 Tessa Allen, American actress, born in Manhattan Beach, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1936 Animator William Hanna (26) weds Violet Blanch Wogatzke (23)
William Hanna
Wedding of Interest
1974 Actress Faye Dunaway weds Peter Wolf of J. Geils Band
Faye Dunaway
Wedding of Interest
1987 "Magnum, P.I." actor Tom Selleck (42) weds actress and dancer Jillie Mack (29) in Incline Village, Nevada
Tom Selleck
- 2004 "The Wonder Years" actor Fred Savage (28) weds commercial real estate agent Jennifer Stone (31) in Los Angeles
Wedding of Interest
2010 British pop star Robbie Williams (36) weds actress Ayda Field (31) in an intimate ceremony at Beverly Hills mansion
Robbie Williams
Deaths in Film & TV
Oliver Hardy
1957 Oliver Hardy, American comedian (Laurel & Hardy films), dies at 65
Oliver Hardy
- 1972 Joi Lansing [Joyce Brown], American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer (Touch of Evil, Bob Cummings Show), dies of cancer at 43
- 1976 Cecil Weston, South African-born actress (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86
- 1985 Grayson Hall [Shirley Grossman], American actress (The Night of the Iguana, Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 62
- 1990 Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88
- 1991 Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies
- 1992 John Anderson, American actor (Psycho, Ride the High Country, Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies of heart attack at 69
- 1994 Robert Hutton [Winne], American actor (Torture Garden, Rocket), dies at 74
- 1994 Larry Martyn, comedy actor (b. 1934)
- 1996 Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay), dies at 59
- 1999 Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)
- 1999 Brian Connell, British writer and broadcaster, dies at 83
Peter Jennings
2005 Peter Jennings, Canadian-American news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies of lung cancer at 67
Peter Jennings