Events in Film & TV
- 1878 Danvers State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, opens—later serves as inspiration for Arkham Sanitorium in the work of H.P. Lovecraft, which in turn inspired Arkham Asylum of the D.C. Batman universe
Event of Interest
1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV
Milton Berle
Event of Interest
1992 Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
Geraldo Rivera
Event of Interest
1993 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
Arsenio Hall
- 1993 CBS' soap opera "Knots Landing" ends 14 year-run with 334th show in Netherlands and US
- 1995 Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
- 2001 47th British Academy Television Awards: "Da Ali G Show" Best Comedy, "Clocking Off" Best Drama
- 2004 The final episode of "Frasier" on NBC is watched by 33 million people
Event of Interest
2019 Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty for her part in the US college admissions scandal
Felicity Huffman
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1854 Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates, Lost & Found, Silvia Silombra), born in Amsterdam, Netherland (d. 1926)
- 1889 Merie Earle [Ireland], American film and television character actress (The Waltons - "Maude Gormley"), born in Morrow, Ohio (d. 1984)
- 1891 Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl)
- 1903 Paul Page, American actor (Girl From Havana, Moth), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1974)
- 1911 Robert Middleton, American film and TV actor (Barney-Monroes), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1977)
- 1912 Helen Craig, American actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1986)
- 1922 Bea Arthur, American comedian, singer and actress (Maude, The Golden Girls), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
- 1927 Herbert Ross, director/choreographer (Footloose)
- 1928 Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter (La Cage aux Folles), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 2013)
- 1936 Rafael Campos, Santiago Dominican Republic, actor (Tonka)
- 1937 Zohra Lampert, American actress (Doctor's Hospital, Girl With Something Extra), born in NYC, New York
- 1938 Buck Taylor, actor (Monroes, Gunsmoke), born in Hollywood, California
- 1939 Harvey Keitel, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
- 1941 Senta Berger, Austrian stage and screen actress (Cast a Giant Shadow), born in Vienna, Austria
- 1943 Eve Babitz, American artist and author (Eve's Hollywood, Slow Days, Fast Company), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1945 Sam Anderson, American actor
- 1946 Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor (Jewel in Crown, King Charles III), born in Rugby (d. 2017)
- 1947 Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
- 1949 Franklyn Ajaye, American comedian and actor (Car Wash, The Jazz Singer, Bridesmaids), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1949 Zoe Wanamaker, American actress (Raggedy Rawney), born in NYC, New York
- 1951 Selina Scott, TV newscaster (West 57th)
- 1956 Richard Madeley, British TV presenter, journalist, columnist and novelist (Richard & Judy, The Wright Stuff), born in Romford, Essex
- 1957 Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1958 Frances Barber, Wolverhampton England, actress (Castaway)
- 1960 Richard M "Dick" van de Toorn, actor (Pastorale)
- 1962 Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
- 1962 Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster
- 1962 Paul McDermott, Australian comedian
Stephen Colbert
1964 Stephen Colbert, American comedian and TV host (The Colbert Report, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), born in Washington, D.C.
Stephen Colbert
- 1964 Tom Verica, American actor
- 1965 Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
- 1965 Lari White, American country music singer and actress (You Can Be a Star winner- 1988), born in Dunedin, Florida (d. 2018)
- 1974 Brian Geraghty, American actor
- 1977 Neil Hopkins, American actor
- 1977 Samantha Morton, English actress
- 1980 Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
- 1981 Sunny Leone, Canadian born Indian American model and actress, born in Sarnia, Ontario
- 1981 Jimmy Yang, American wrestler
- 1981 Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
- 1984 Caitlin Murphy, Australian actress and Model
Lena Dunham
1986 Lena Dunham, American actress, writer and producer (Girls), born in New York City
Lena Dunham
- 1986 Giuliana Marino, German model, Playboy Playmate (Apr 2005, Playmate of the Year 2006), born in Nuremberg, Germany
Robert Pattinson
1986 Robert Pattinson, English actor (Cedric Diggory-Harry Potter, Edward Cullen-Twilight), born in London, England
Robert Pattinson
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1922 "Latin Lover" silent actor Rudolph Valentino (27) weds film costume and set designer Natacha Rambova (25) in Mexicali, Mexico
Rudolph Valentino
- 2006 Actress Sara Bakker weds Sloan Alexander at the United Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut
Wedding of Interest
2017 Actor Jim Parsons marries graphic designer Todd Spiewak at the Rainbow Room in New York
Jim Parsons
Deaths in Film & TV
Gary Cooper
1961 Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award-winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
Gary Cooper
- 1962 Frank Jenks, American actor (Colonel Flack, Zombies on Broadway), dies of cancer at 60
- 1967 Frank McGrath, American actor (The Reluctant Astronaut, Wagon Train), dies from a heart attack at 64
- 1972 Dan Blocker, American actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 43
- 1993 Joaquin Garcia [Vargas] "Borolas", Mexican comedian and actor (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
- 1994 Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88
- 1995 Robert Marley, Jamaican cricketer (WICBC pres 1971-74, Jamaican capt 1946), dies at 85
- 2000 Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
- 2001 Jason Miller, American actor and writer (Exorcist, Light of Day), dies at 62
- 2002 Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (Mother and Son), dies at 76
- 2009 Frank Aletter, American character actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy), dies of lung cancer at 83
- 2018 Margot Kidder, Canadian American actress (Lois Lane in Superman films, Amityville Horror), dies at 69
