Events in Film & TV
- 1932 Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
Event of Interest
1943 Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance
Agnes Moorehead
- 1953 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
Television Awards
1964 16th Emmy Awards: "The Dick Van Dyke Show", Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore win
Mary Tyler Moore
Carl Reiner
- 1966 "Au Hasard Balthazar", French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Anne Wiazemsky and François Lafarge, is released
Film Release
1969 "Midnight Cowboy" directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1970)
Jon Voight
Dustin Hoffman
Film Release
1977 Original "Star Wars" movie (Episode IV – A New Hope), directed by George Lucas and starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford first released
Film Release
1979 "Alien", directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver is released
Sigourney Weaver
- 1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars part VI), produced by George Lucas first released
Music Recording
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"
Weird Al Yankovic
- 2001 54th Cannes Film Festival: "The Son's Room" directed by Nanni Moretti wins the Palme d'Or
- 2003 56th Cannes Film Festival: "Elephant" directed by Gus Van Sant wins the Palme d'Or
- 2008 61st Cannes Film Festival: "The Class" directed by Laurent Cantet wins the Palme d'Or
- 2014 67th Cannes Film Festival: "Winter Sleep" directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan wins the Palme d'Or
- 2017 "Wonder Woman" directed by Patty Jenkins, starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine premieres in Los Angeles - 1st superhero film directed by a woman
Event of Interest
2018 Harvey Weinstein turns himself in to New York police to face charges of rape, a criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct
Harvey Weinstein
Birthdays in Film & TV
Bill Robinson
1878 Bill Robinson "Bojangles", American actor and tap dancer (Stormy Weather, The Little Colonel), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1949)
Bill Robinson
- 1882 Harry Fox [Arthur Carringford], American vaudeville dancer, comedian and actor (Talent Scout), born in Pomona, California (d. 1959)
- 1882 Marie Doro, American stage and film actress of the early silent film era (The Heart of Nora Flynn, The White Pearl), born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
- 1888 Miles Malleson, British writer and actor (Phantom of the Opera, Postman's Knock), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 1969)
- 1905 Joseph C Harsch, newscaster (Background), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1909 Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970)
- 1913 Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
- 1914 Dorothy Sarnoff, American operatic soprano, Broadway actress (Rosalinda), author and pioneer of the self-help movement (Speech Can Change Your Life, Speech Dynamics), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
- 1915 Virginia "Ginny" Simms, American actress and singer (Night and Day, Kay Kyser Band), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1994)
- 1917 Steve Cochran [Robert Alexander Cochran], American actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas), born in Eureka, California (d. 1965)
- 1925 Jeanne Crain, American actress (Man Without a Star, Pinky), born in Barstow California (d. 2003)
- 1926 Claude Akins, American character actor (B. J. and the Bear, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, Movin' On), born in Nelson, Georgia (d. 1994)
- 1929 Warren Frost, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
- 1931 John Gabriel [Jack Monkarsh], American actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies), born in Niagara Falls, New York
- 1931 Donald Phelps, American actor (Ghost Ship), born in Indiana (d. 1993)
- 1933 Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia)
- 1935 Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
- 1939 Dixie Carter, TN, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
Ian McKellen
1939 Sir Ian McKellen, English film and theatre actor (Lord of the Rings, X-Men), born in Burnley Lancashire
Ian McKellen
- 1943 Leslie Uggams, American singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots), born in NYC, New York
- 1944 Frank Oz, Hereford England, American muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
- 1944 John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality
- 1947 Karen Valentine, actress (Love American Style, Room 222), born in Santa Rosa, California
- 1948 Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
- 1951 Bob Gale, American screenwriter
- 1955 Connie Selleca, actress (Hotel, Capt America II), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1956 Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
- 1957 Hillary Bailey Smith, actress (Nora-One Life to Live), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1959 Cathryn Harrison, actress (Old Woman in Black Moon), born in London, England
- 1959 Julian Clary, British television personality
- 1961 Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary)
- 1963 Mike Myers, Canadian comedian (SNL, Wayne's World) [or Jun 25]
- 1965 Roef-Ragas, Dutch actor (Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch)
- 1965 George Hickenlooper, American documentary filmmaker
Anne Heche
1969 Anne Heche, American actress (Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano), born in Aurora, Ohio
Anne Heche
- 1969 Matt Borlenghi, actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1970 Lindsay Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
- 1970 Sidney Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
- 1971 Justin Henry, American actor (Kramer vs Kramer, 16 Candles), born in Rye, New York
- 1973 Demetri Martin, American comedian
- 1973 Molly Sims, American model and actress
- 1976 Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
- 1976 Ethan Suplee, American actor
- 1980 Jae Hee, South Korean actor
- 1983 Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
- 1984 Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World
- 1985 Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
- 1986 Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1901 Anton Chekhov (41), Russian physician, dramatist and author marries actress Olga Knipper (31)
Anton Chekhov
Divorces in Film & TV
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1862 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), dies at 60
- 1940 Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director, dies at 67
- 1971 Terence De Marney, British actor (Lorna Doone, Doctor Who, The Immortal Gentleman), dies after accidentally falling under a subway at 63
- 1974 Donald Crisp, British actor and director (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), dies at 91
- 1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
- 1983 Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)
- 1990 Victor "Vic" Tayback, American actor (Mel Sharples-"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore "), dies of a heart attack at 60
- 1992 Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell & Back), dies at 66
- 1993 Dan Seymour [Daniel Seymour Katz], American actor (To Have and Have Not, We the People, Sing It Again), dies following a stroke at 78
- 1995 Dany Robin, French actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta), dies at 68
- 2000 Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 53
- 2002 Patricia "Pat" Coombs, British comedienne and actress (Carry On Again Doctor, Cranford), dies at 75
- 2005 Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), dies at 75
- 2005 Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
- 2007 Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian and gameshow panelist (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies at 76
- 2010 Michael H. Jordan, businessman and former CEO PepsiCo and CBS Corporation (b. 1936)
- 2011 Paul Splittorff, American MLB pitcher and broadcaster (KC Royals), dies of oral cancer at 64
- 2014 Herb Jeffries [Umberto Alejandro Ballentino], American actor and director (The Bronze Buckaroo, Mundo depravados), dies of heart failure at 100