Events in Film & TV
Academy Awards
1929 1st Academy Awards: "Wings", Emil Jannings & Janet Gaynor win
Emil Jannings
Janet Gaynor
- 1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)
- 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
- 1965 18th Cannes Film Festival: "The Knack...and How to Get It" directed by Richard Lester wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
Event of Interest
1969 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
Barbra Streisand
Event of Interest
1970 Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70
Bill Cosby
Event of Interest
1970 23rd Cannes Film Festival: "M*A*S*H" directed by Robert Altman wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
Robert Altman
#1 in the Charts
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
Bette Davis
Event of Interest
1986 "Top Gun", directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise premieres
Tom Cruise
Event of Interest
1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
Weird Al Yankovic
- 1992 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
- 1997 Brandi Sherwood (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA
- 1997 Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of US crowned 46th Miss Universe
- 2001 "Mulholland Drive", directed by David Lynch, starring Justin Theroux and Naomi Watts, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
Film Release
2002 "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman opens in cinemas
- 2019 UK talk show "The Jeremy Kyle Show" axed by ITV after a guest dies
Event of Interest
2019 Last episode of TV sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" starring Jim Parson, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco after 12 seasons
Film Premier
2019 "Rocketman" film based on life of singer Elton John starring Taron Egerton premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
Elton John
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1878 Taylor Holmes, American actor (Sleeping Beauty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1959)
- 1880 Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)
- 1887 Bull Montana [Luigi Montagna], Italian actor (Brass Buttons, Victory, The Son of the Sheik), born in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1950)
- 1902 Jan Kiepura, Polish vocalist and actor (Her Wonderful Lie, Give Us this Night), born in Sosnowiec, Poland (d. 1966)
Henry Fonda
1905 Henry Fonda, American actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond), born in Grand Island, Nebraska (d. 1982)
Henry Fonda
- 1909 Margaret Sullavan, American actress (Three Comrades, The Shop Around the Corner), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1960)
- 1916 Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
- 1916 Bernard Braden, Canadian-born British broadcaster and actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1993)
- 1920 Martine Carol [Maryse Mopurer], French actress (Lola Montèsm, Trente et quarante), born in Saint-Mandé, Seine (d. 1967)
- 1921 Harry Carey Jr, American actor (Back to the Future Part III, Gremlins), born in Saugus, California (d. 2012)
- 1931 Jack Dodson, American actor (Howard Sprage- "The Andy Griffith Show"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
- 1931 Denise Filiatrault, French-Canadian actress and director (The Plouffe Family), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1936 Roy Hudd, English comedian (Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood)
- 1937 Yvonne Craig, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 2015)
- 1944 Danny Trejo, American actor
- 1947 Bill Smitrovich, actor (Crime Story, Miami Vice)
- 1948 Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
Pierce Brosnan
1953 Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor (Remington Steele, Golden Eye), born in Drogheda, Ireland
Pierce Brosnan
- 1954 Janet Maw, actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge)
- 1955 Debra Winger, American actress (Terms of Endearment, Officer & Gentleman), born in Columbus, Ohio
- 1955 Hazel O'Connor, Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass)
- 1959 Mare Winningham, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner & Hooch), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- 1960 Anne Parillaud, actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood), born in Paris, France
- 1961 Nina Arvesen, actress (Cassandra-Young & Restless), born in White Plains, New York
- 1961 Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1961 Charles Wright, American professional wrestler known as "The Godfather"
- 1963 Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
- 1965 Brent Jasmer, actor (Sly-Bold & Beautiful), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1966 Scott Reeves, American actor (Ryan-Young & Restless), born in Santa Monica, California
- 1968 Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress (Naked Killer), born in Hong Kong
- 1969 Tracey Gold, American actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday), born in NYC, New York
- 1969 David Boreanaz, American actor (Angel, Bones), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1972 Khary Payton, American actor
- 1973 Jason Acuña "Wee-Man", American television personality
- 1973 Tori Spelling, American actress and reality TV star (90210), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1974 Adam Richman, American TV personality (Man v Food), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1978 Vincent Larusso, Livingston, NJ, actor (Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
- 1979 Evan Ferrante, American actor (Owen-Swan's Crossing), born in Armonk, New York
- 1981 Jim Sturgess, English actor
- 1982 Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
- 1984 Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
- 1985 Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
- 1998 Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress
Weddings in Film & TV
- 2009 Actress Jennifer Freeman (23) weds NBA guard Earl Watson (29) in Beverly Hills, California
- 2010 British comedian David Walliams (38) weds supermodel Lara Stone (26) at Claridge's Hotel in London
- 2014 Supermodel and socialite Poppy Delevingne (28) weds James Cook in London
- 2015 Glee singer/actress Heather Morris (28) weds high school sweetheart Taylor Hubbell at Old Canyon Ranch in Topanga, 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
Deaths in Film & TV
Margaret Hamilton
1985 Margaret Hamilton, American actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
Margaret Hamilton
Jim Henson
1990 James "Jim" Henson, American puppeteer, artist, screenwriter and filmmaker, best known as the creator of 'the Muppets" (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show), dies of toxic shock syndrome caused by pneumonia at 53
Jim Henson
- 1990 Sammy Davis Jr, American singer, dancer and actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man), dies of throat cancer at 64
- 1991 Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies
- 1992 Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53
- 1994 Alain Cuny, French actor (La Dolce Vita, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle), dies at 85
- 1994 Phani Majumdar, film director, dies at 82
- 1994 Vasek Simek, Czech/American actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at 66
- 1995 Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer and actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
- 1997 Horace "Bones" McKinney, American basketball forward, coach and broadcaster (Washington Capitols, Wake Forest), dies at 78
- 2002 Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
- 2011 Edward Hardwicke, British actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 78
- 2012 Doug Dillard, American country rock musician (The Dillards, Gene Clark, Dillard & Clark) and actor (Clem-Popeye), dies of a lung infection caused by a collapsed lung at 75
- 2013 Paul Shane, English comedian and actor, dies at 72
- 2015 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang), dies of cardiac arrest at 42
- 2016 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), dies at 90
- 2018 Joseph Campanella, American character actor (Guiding Light, Mannix), dies at 93