On This Day in Film & TV for May 16
Events in Film & TV
- 1929 1st Academy Awards: "Wings", Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor win
- 1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)
- 1946 Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields' musical "Annie Get Your Gun" starring Ethel Merman and featuring "There's No Business Like Show Business" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC
- 1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece
- 1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
- 1959 WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1961 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck win
- 1965 WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, NY (TEL) begins broadcasting
- More Events in Film & TV
Henry Fonda
Liberace
Pierce Brosnan
Tucker Carlson
Megan FoxWeddings in Film & TV
- 1986 "King Crimson" founder and guitarist Robert Fripp (40) weds British actress and rock singer Toyah Wilcox (27) at Church of St. Mary, St. Cuthurga and All Saints in Witchampton, England
- 1987 American singer David Crosby (45) weds Jan Dance (35) at Hollywood Church of Religious Science in Los Angeles, California
- 2009 Actress Jennifer Freeman (23) weds NBA guard Earl Watson (29) in Beverly Hills, California
Divorces in Film & TV
- 2008 "24" actor Kiefer Sutherland (37) divorces former model Elizabeth Kelly Winn (42) due to irreconcilable differences after nearly 8 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
Margaret Hamilton
Jim Henson
Sammy Davis Jr.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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