Events in Film & TV
- 1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
Television Awards
1962 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth win
Shirley Booth
Bob Newhart
Television Awards
1966 18th Emmy Awards: "The Fugitive", Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore win
Mary Tyler Moore
Event of Interest
1979 1st ACE Cable Awards: "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" by Jim Henson and HBO
Jim Henson
Film Premier
1985 "A View to a Kill", 14th James Bond film, last to star Roger Moore, also starring Grace Jones and Christopher Walken, premieres in San Francisco
Roger Moore
Christopher Walken
Event of Interest
1986 Cher calls David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC
David Letterman
TV Show Appearance
1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show
Johnny Carson
- 1995 Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunion special, televised
Event of Interest
2004 57th Cannes Film Festival: "Fahrenheit 9/11", directed by Michael Moore wins the Palme d'Or. First documentary to win.
Michael Moore
- 2005 58th Cannes Film Festival: "The Child" directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne wins the Palme d'Or
- 2011 64th Cannes Film Festival: "The Tree of Life" directed by Terrence Malick wins the Palme d'Or
- 2011 57th British Academy Television Awards: "Harry & Paul" Best Comedy, "Sherlock" Best Drama
- 2012 Philip Philips is crowned the eleventh American Idol
Event of Interest
2015 Netflix announce that Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen will not appear on "Full House" revival
Ashley Olsen
- 2016 69th Cannes Film Festival: "I, Daniel Blake," directed by Ken Loach wins the Palme d'Or
Event of Interest
2016 TV series "Preacher", developed by Evan Goldberg, Sam Catlin, and Seth Rogen, premieres on AMC
Seth Rogen
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1823 Isabella Glyn Dallas, British Shakespearean actress, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1889)
- 1879 Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born actress, scriptwriter, and producer (Blood and Sand), born in Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1945)
- 1898 René de Vos, Dutch actor and composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), born in Denmark (d. 1977)
- 1907 Harry Ritz [Joachim], American actor and comedian (Ritz Brothers-Silent Movie), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1986)
Laurence Olivier
1907 Laurence Olivier, English actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer), born in Dorking, Surrey (d. 1989)
Laurence Olivier
- 1908 Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (d. 1970)
- 1910 Johnny Olson, American radio personality and television announcer (The Price is Right), born in Windom, Minnesota (d. 1985)
- 1913 Carlyle Blackwell Jr, American actor (The Pilgrim Lady, The Triumph of the Rat), born in Los Angeles County, California (d. 1974)
- 1917 Nathan Davis, American actor (Dunston Checks In, Holes, Code of Silence), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
- 1922 Judith Crist, American film critic (TV Guide, Today), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2012)
- 1922 Quinn Martin, American television producer (d. 1987)
- 1927 Michael Constantine, American actor (Room 222, Don't Drink the Water), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
- 1933 Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in Crumpsall, Lancashire (d. 2003)
- 1938 Frank Converse, actor (It's About Time, Dr Cook's Garden, Movin' On)
- 1938 Richard Benjamin, American director/actor (Goodbye Columbus, He & She), born in NYC, New York
- 1938 Susan Strasberg, American actress (In Praise of Older Women, Manitou), born in NYC, New York
- 1940 Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN)
- 1940 Michael Sarrazin, actor (Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They)
- 1941 Paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)
- 1942 Barbara Parkins, actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1956 Douglas Heyes Jr, actor (Captains & Kings, Aspen), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1957 Gary Sweet, Australian actor
- 1959 Ed Fry, actor (Larry-As the World Turns, Adam Cory-Another World)
- 1962 Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
- 1967 Brooke Smith, American actress
- 1968 Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian
Naomi Campbell
1970 Naomi Campbell, English model and actress (Cool as Ice, Unzipped), born in London, England
Naomi Campbell
- 1971 Manuel Ortiz, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1972 Alison Eastwood, daughter of actor Clint/actress (Tightrope)
- 1972 Anna Belknap, American actress (CSI NY), born in Damariscotta, Maine
- 1972 Annabel Chong, Singapore actress
- 1973 Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
- 1974 Sean Gunn, American actor
- 1974 A. J. Langer, American actress
- 1975 Cole Hauser, actor (Randy-High Incident)[or Mar 22], born in Santa Barbara, California
- 1975 Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
- 1977 Vinnie Potestivo, American TV Producer
- 1977 Alastair Ralphs, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1978 Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
- 1978 Katie Price, British model
- 1979 Nadia Khan, TV Presenter
- 1979 Maggie Q [Margaret Quigley], American actress (Mission Impossible III, Nikita), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1980 Rhett Fisher, actor/musician
- 1981 Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
- 1982 John Bobek, American actor
- 1985 Caridee English, American Model
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1956 Actress Anita Ekberg (24) weds actor and singer Anthony Steel (36) in Florence, Italy
Anita Ekberg
- 1980 Actress Marlo Thomas & talk host Phil Donahue marry
Wedding of Interest
2003 Actor and comedian Kevin Hart (23) weds Torrei Hart
Kevin Hart
- 2005 "Alias" actor Kevin Weisman (34) weds Jodi Tanowitz at Menlo Circus Club in Atherton, California
Wedding of Interest
2010 "Numb3rs" star David Krumholtz (32) weds actress Vanessa Britting (29) at The Plaza Hotel in New York City
David Krumholtz
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
2001 Actress and former fitness guru Jane Fonda (63) divorces CNN founder Ted Turner (62) due to irretrievably broken marriage 10 years after getting married
Jane Fonda
Ted Turner
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1961 Joan Davis, American actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
- 1965 Bobby Watson, American comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
- 1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80
- 1975 Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90
- 1975 Torben Myer, Danish actor (Girl Who Came Back, Judgment at Nuremberg, Sullivan's Travels), dies at 90
- 1984 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery
- 1986 Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63
- 1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71
- 1990 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies
- 1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies at 71 of heart failure
- 1991 Catalino "Lino" Brocka, Filipino film director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
- 1995 Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), dies at 83
- 1998 John Derek, American actor, director and photographer (Knock on Any Door, All the King's Men, Rogues of Sherwood Forest), dies at 71
- 2001 Jack Watling, British actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart), dies at 78
- 2001 Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-"Sanford & Son"), dies at 70
- 2004 Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
- 2005 Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and bass singer (Tony the Tiger, You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch), dies from prostate cancer at 91
- 2017 Dina Merrill, American actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8), dies at 93