Events in Film & TV
- 1940 Bugs Bunny, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery, Bob Givens (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Wild Hare"
- 1993 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
- 1995 28th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- 2007 Two News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there were no survivors. Worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.
- 2018 CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves is accused of sexual misconduct in the "New Yorker" by Ronan Farrow
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1882 Donald Crisp, British actor and director (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), born in Bow, London, England (d. 1974)
- 1890 Judith Lowry, American actress (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma (d. 1976)
- 1898 Lena Amsel, Russian actress (Love Tragedy), born in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1929)
- 1903 Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (Ivan the Terrible), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1966)
- 1907 Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (Boulder Dam, Captain Blood), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1937)
- 1910 Lupita Tovar, Mexican-born actress (Dracula), born in Matías Romero, Mexico (d. 2016)
- 1916 Keenan Wynn, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
- 1917 Bourvil [André Robert Raimbourg], French actor and singer (Le Corniaud, La Grande Vadrouille), born in Prétot-Vicquemare, France (d. 1970)
- 1921 Émile Genest, French-Canadian actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Les Plouffe), born in Quebec City, Canada (d. 2003)
- 1922 Adolfo Celi, Italian film actor and director (Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue), born in Messina, Sicily (d. 1986)
- 1922 Lillian Hayman, American actress (Leslie Uggams Show), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1994)
- 1922 Norman Lear, American TV writer and producer (All in The Family), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1924 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
- 1928 Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler, born in Zapotlán de Juárez, Hidalgo, Mexico (d. 2007)
- 1931 Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (My Mother the Car, Coach), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 2018)
- 1937 Don Galloway, American actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside), born in Augusta, Kentucky (d. 2009)
- 1939 Irv Cross, American NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV), born in Hammond, Indiana
- 1939 James Victor, Dominican-American actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA), born in Santiago Province, Dominican Republic (d. 2016)
- 1942 Barbara Ferris, English actress (Nice Girl Like Me), born in London, England
- 1942 John Pleshette, American actor (Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue), born in NYC, New York
- 1943 Stu Gilliam, American actor and comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
- 1946 Gwynne Gilford, American actress (Linda Harris-Waverly Wonders), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1946 Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor (Taken 2), born in Bunić, Croatia
- 1947 Betty Thomas, American actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues), born in St Louis, Missouri
- 1949 Jeremy Thomas, British film producer and actor (Family Life), born in London
- 1950 Simon Jones, English actor and comedian (News is the News), born in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England
- 1951 Janet Eilber, American actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1953 Yahoo Serious [Greg Gomez Pead], Australian comedian, born in Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia
- 1956 Carol Leifer, American actress and comedian, born in East Williston, New York
- 1957 Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler, born in Charlotte, North Carolina (d. 2013)
- 1963 Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor, martial artist and director (Ip Man, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), born in Guangzhou, China
- 1967 Sasha Mitchell, American actor (Spike of Bensonhurst), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1967 Kellie Waymire, American actress (Six Feet Under), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2003)
- 1968 Julian McMahon, Australian actor (Nip/Tuck, Profiler), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1968 Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress (Postman), born in Messina, Italy
- 1969 Triple H [Paul Michael Levesque], American professional wrestler, born in Nashua, New Hampshire
- 1970 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor (Game of Thrones), born in Rudkøbing, Denmark
- 1972 Takako Fuji, Japanese actress (The Grudge / Ju-on), born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1972 Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian (Bridemaids), born in Gainesville, Florida
- 1977 Jason Michael Zimbler, actor (Clarissa Explains it All), born in Queens, New York
- 1979 Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler, born in Cameron, North Carolina
- 1980 Dolph Ziggler [Nicholas Theodore Nemeth], American professional wrestler, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1980 Jessi Combs, American auto racer, television personality (women’s land speed class record [4 wheels] 2013, 16), born in Rockerville, South Dakota (d. 2019)
- 1985 Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress, born in Porto, Portugal
- 1985 Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor (Thumbsucker), born in Seaside Heights, New Jersey
- 1989 Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress (Naturally, Sadie), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1990 Nick Hogan, American reality TV star, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1990 Indiana Evans, Australian actress (Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 1994 Winnie Harlow [born Chantelle Brown-Young], Canadian model with vitiligo (America's Next Top Model), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 2000 Kali Rodriguez, American actress
Weddings in Film & TV
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1968 Lillian Harvey, actress (Invitation to the Waltz), dies at 61
- 1979 Ettore Manni, Italian actor (Street People, Divine Nymph, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell), accidentally shoots himself at 52
- 1979 Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79
- 1981 William Wyler, American film director (Ben-Hur, Mrs Miniver), dies at 79
- 1984 James Mason, British actor (Lolita, North by Northwest, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil), dies of a heart attack at 75
- 1988 Brigitte Horney, German actress (Das Erbe der Guldenburgs), dies at 77
- 1990 Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies
- 1990 Nick Pippins, actor (Simon), dies of AIDS at 35
- 1991 Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50
- 1992 Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56
- 1997 K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier, dies at 99
- 1997 Isabel Dean, English actress (Five Days One Summer Virgin Island, Ransom), dies at 79
- 1998 Binnie Barnes, British actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers), dies at 95
- 2000 Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
- 2000 Val Dufour, American actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World), dies at 73
- 2001 Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- 2005 Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer and cartoonist (Tom Puss), dies at 93
- 2007 Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
- 2008 Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
- 2010 Maury Chaykin, American-born Canadian actor (b. 1949)
- 2012 Norman Alden, American character actor (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden), dies from natural causes at 87
- 2012 R G Armstrong [Robert Golden], American actor (Predator, Dick Tracey, T.H.E. Cat), dies of natural causes at 95
- 2012 Geoffrey Hughes, British actor, dies from prostate cancer at 68
- 2017 Sam Shepard Ill, American actor and playwright (Frances, Crimes of the Heart), dies at 73