On This Day in Film & TV for May 13
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
- 1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV
- 1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
- 1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
- 1982 Terri Lea Utley, 20 (Arkansas) crowned 31st Miss USA
- 1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
- 1992 Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
- 1993 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
- More Events in Film & TV
Stephen Colbert
Lena Dunham
Robert Pattinson
Gary Cooper
Doris DayWeddings in Film & TV
- 1922 "Latin Lover" silent actor Rudolph Valentino (27) weds film costume and set designer Natacha Rambova (25) in Mexicali, Mexico
- 1985 American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen (35) weds American actress Julianne Phillips (25) at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Oswego, Oregon; divorce in 1989
- 2006 Actress Sara Bakker weds Sloan Alexander at the United Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
May in Film & TV History
Miss Atomic Pageant
Linda Lawson is the winner of the 1955 Miss Atomic Pageant, with a mushroom cloud crown for good measure
May 1, 1955Silence is Golden At The First Oscars
The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on this day before just 250 guests. All the movies nominated for what would become known as an Oscar were silent
May 16, 1929The Best Quentin Tarantino Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Tarantino question? Including which Tarantino film script was leaked prior to filming? Or which actor is his most frequent collaborator?
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