Events in Film & TV
- 1895 British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford and Cambridge boat race
Film and TV Awards
1946 3rd Golden Globes: "The Lost Weekend", Ray Milland, & Ingrid Bergman win
Ingrid Bergman
Ray Milland
Film Awards
1955 27th Academy Awards: "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando & Grace Kelly win
Grace Kelly
Marlon Brando
- 1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
1966 Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
Barbra Streisand
- 1970 Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
Assassination Attempt
1981 US President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr.; three others are also wounded
Ronald Reagan
- 1981 "Chariots of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982)
Film Awards
1987 59th Academy Awards: "Platoon", Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win
Paul Newman
Marlee Matlin
Music Awards
1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston win
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
Film Awards
1992 64th Academy Awards: "The Silence of the Lambs", Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster win
Anthony Hopkins
Jodie Foster
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1888 Anna Q Nilsson, Swedish actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin), born in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden (d. 1974)
- 1891 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov)
- 1898 Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), born in Kensington, London (d. 1993)
- 1909 Ernst Gombrich, OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute)
- 1913 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], Italian-American singer, songwriter, and actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
- 1917 Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), born in Oakland, California (d. 1994)
- 1918 Joseph Allen Jr, American actor (The Night Before the Divorce, Motor Madness), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1962)
- 1919 Ramsay Ames [Phillips], American actress, model and dancer (The Mummy's Ghost, Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
- 1922 Turhan Bey [Sahultavy], Austrian-born actor dubbed "The Turkish Delight" (Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2012)
- 1926 Ray McAnally, Irish actor (The Mission, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian), born in Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland (d. 1989)
- 1927 Peter Marshall, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares), born in Huntington, West Virginia
- 1929 Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)
- 1929 Shirley Stoler, American actress (The Honeymoon Killers, Seven Beauties), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
- 1930 John Astin, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1933 Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian actor (Circle of Love, Cousins), born in Aumale, Algeria
- 1937 Jay W Macintosh, actress (Sons & Daughters), born in Gainesville, Georgia
- 1937 Warren Beatty, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy), born in Richmond, Virginia
- 1948 Justin Deas, actor (As The World Turns, Santa Barbara), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania
- 1949 Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer/director/writer
- 1949 Sue Cook, British broadcaster
- 1949 Naomi Sims, American fashion model and businesswoman
- 1949 Dana [Richenda Antoinette de Winterstein] Gillespie, English actress and singer (Jesus Christ Superstar), born in Surrey, England
Robbie Coltrane
1950 Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor (Harry Potter films) and comedian, born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire
Robbie Coltrane
- 1953 Cydney Bernard, American film producer
- 1957 Paul Reiser, American actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You), born in NYC, New York
- 1958 Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor
- 1962 Bil Dwyer, American comedian and TV host, born in Evergreen Park, Illinois
- 1964 Ian Ziering, American actor (Beverly Hills 90210), born in West Orange, New Jersey
- 1967 Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1968 Donna D'Errico, Dothan AL, playmate (Sep, 1995)
- 1970 Mark Consuelos, Zaragosa Spain, actor (Mateo Santos-All My Children)
- 1972 Peggy Zlotkowski, Miss France-Universe (1989)
- 1975 Bahar Soomekh, American actress
- 1982 Jason Dohring, American actor
- 1983 Zach Gowen, American professional wrestler
- 1985 Miss Fame [Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen], American drag queen, model, and TV personality (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Templeton, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
2004 "Alias" actress Jennifer Garner (30) divorces actor Scott Foley (30) due to irreconcilable differences after nearly 4 years of marriage
Jennifer Garner
- 2016 Comedian Rosie O'Donnell and marketing executive Kelli O'Donnell divorce after 3 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1968 Bobby Driscoll, American actor (b. 1937)
- 1971 Selmer Jackson, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
- 1972 Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
- 1976 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
- 1977 Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
- 1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
James Cagney
1986 James Cagney, American actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 86
James Cagney
- 1989 Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies
- 1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
- 1993 Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly & Samy), dies hiking at 20
- 1996 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
- 1998 Ramsay Ames [Phillips], American actress, model and dancer (The Mummy's Ghost, Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves), dies of lung cancer at 79
- 1999 Gary Morton, American film and television producer (b. 1924)
- 1999 Terry Wilson, American actor (Wagon Train, Escape to Witch Mountain), dies at 75
- 2003 Michael Jeter, American actor (The Fisher King), dies at 52
- 2004 Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)
- 2008 Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
- 2014 Kate O'Mara, English actress (Dynasty) and writer, dies at 74
- 2018 Bill Maynard [Walter Williams], English actor (Greengrass-Heartbeat) and comedian, dies at 89