Events in Film & TV
Theater Premiere
1858 Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play" premieres in London
Dion Boucicault
- 1951 The Jerry Colonna Show debuts on ABC-TV
Event of Interest
1951 Radio programme "Crazy People" (later titled The Goon Show) premieres on the BBC, created by Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan
Emmy Awards
1974 26th Emmy Awards: M*A*S*H, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win, 1st Daytime Award presentation and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" wins 5 awards, including Cicely Tyson for Dramatic Performance
Mary Tyler Moore
Alan Alda
Event of Interest
1976 29th Cannes Film Festival: "Taxi Driver" directed by Martin Scorsese wins the Palme d'Or
Martin Scorsese
Television Premiere
1979 ABC premiere of TV's "The House on Garibaldi Street", based on the 1960 capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
Adolf Eichmann
- 1982 Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
Event of Interest
1983 "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
Weird Al Yankovic
- 1990 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1994 "Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV
- 1995 48th Cannes Film Festival: "Underground" directed by Emir Kusturica wins the Palme d'Or
- 2006 59th Cannes Film Festival: "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" directed by Ken Loach wins the Palme d'Or
- 2017 70th Cannes Film Festival: Swedish film "The Square" directed by Ruben Ostlund wins the Palme d'Or
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1887 Hank Mann, American actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road), born in NYC, New York (d. 1971)
- 1892 Minna Gombell, American actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1973)
- 1894 Sammy White, American comedian and actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1960)
- 1897 Henry Kendall, British director and actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange), born in London, England (d. 1962)
- 1906 Phil Regan, American actor and singer (My Wild Irish Rose), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
- 1908 Ian Fleming, English author (James Bond novels), born in London, England (d. 1964)
- 1910 Rachel Kempson, British actress (Captive Heart), born in Dartmouth, Devon, England (d. 2003)
- 1911 Dame Thora Hird, British actress, comedian, presenter and writer (Last of the Summer Wine, The Love Match), born in Morecambe, Lancashire (d. 2003)
- 1915 Scott McKay [Carl Chester Gose], American actor (Stage Door, Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), born in Pleasantville, Iowa (d. 1987)
- 1917 Marshall Reed, American actor (The Madmen of Mandoras, Mysterious Island), born in Englewood, Colorado (d. 1980)
- 1919 Frank Middlemass, British actor (Heart Beat, As Time Goes By, Oliver Twist), born in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England (d. 2006)
- 1925 Martha Vickers, American actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 1971)
- 1931 Carroll Baker, American actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- 1933 John Karlen, American actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1940 Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso)
- 1941 Beth Howland, actress (Vera - Alice, Company), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
- 1944 Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens, Northern-Irish actress, voice artist and singer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1944 Faith Brown, British actress and impressionist
- 1946 Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress (Cry Uncle)
- 1947 Sondra Locke, American actress and director (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), born in Madison, Tennessee (d. 2018)
- 1949 Sue Holderness, English actress (Marlene-Only Fools & Horses, Sandbaggers), born in London, England
- 1950 Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
- 1952 Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
- 1962 Brandon Cruz, actor (Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
- 1965 Christa Miller, American actress (Kate-Drew Carey Show), born in NYC, New York
- 1967 Kari Wuhrer, American actress (Eight Legged Freaks), born in Brookfield, Connecticut
- 1970 Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator
- 1970 Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
- 1971 Isabelle Carré, French actress
- 1974 Alicia Minshew, American actress (Kendall Hart-All My Children), born in Plantation, Florida
- 1976 Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
- 1977 Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer
- 1979 Jesse Bradford, American actor
- 1979 Monica Keena, American actress
- 1982 Alexa Davalos, American actress
- 1984 Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
- 1986 Joseph Cross, American actor
- 1999 Cameron Boyce, American actor (Mirrors, Jessie), born in North Hollywood, California (d. 2019)
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1948 Film director Stanley Kubrick (19) weds high school sweetheart Toba Metz
Stanley Kubrick
Wedding of Interest
1954 "The Bad and the Beautiful" actor Kirk Douglas (37) weds producer Ann Buydens (24) at Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas
Kirk Douglas
Wedding of Interest
1959 Muppeteer Jim Henson (22) weds Jane Nebel (24) in Salisbury, Maryland
Jim Henson
- 1988 Actress Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds actor Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)
Wedding of Interest
1998 "Xena: The Warrior Princess" Lucy Lawless (30) weds executive producer Rob Tapert (43) at Saint Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California
Lucy Lawless
Wedding of Interest
2005 Politician Justin Trudeau (33) weds tv host Sophie Grégoire (30) in a Catholic ceremony at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont Church
Justin Trudeau
- 2006 "Average Joe" actor Adam Mesh (30) weds Jessica Malca in Miami, Florida
- 2010 "Beverly Hills 90210" actor Ian Ziering (46) weds Erin Kristine Ludwig at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, California
- 2011 Former American beauty queen Candice Crawford (24) weds Dallas Cowboys football quarterback Tony Romo (31) at Arlington Hall in Dallas, Texas
- 2011 Actress and former "Clean House" host Niecy Nash (41) weds electrical engineer Jay Tucker at the Church Estate Vineyard in Malibu
- 2016 TV presenter Rick Edwards (37) weds Eastenders star Emer Kenny (26) at Kew Gardens in London, England
- 2017 Actress Maggie Grace (33) weds entrepreneur Brent Bushnell in La Jolla, California
- 2017 Mr. Robot screenwriter Sam Esmail (39) weds actress Emmy Rossum (30) at the East 55th Street Synagogue in New York City
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
2013 Actress Courteney Cox and actor David Arquette divorce after 13 years of marriage
Courteney Cox
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1940 Randle Ayrton, British actor (The Manxman, Nell Gwyn), dies at 70
- 1940 Walter Connolly, American actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies from a stroke at 53
- 1969 Rhys Williams, Welsh actor (How Green Was My Valley, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart), dies at 71
- 1971 Audie Murphy, American soldier who was among the most decorated in WW II with 33 medals and actor (To Hell and Back, Whispering Smiths), killed in a plane crash at 46
- 1971 Jean Vilar, French stage and film actor and director (Théâtre National Populaire), dies at 59
- 1975 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies from a heart attack at 69
- 1978 Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
- 1984 Eric Morecambe [John Bartholomew], British comedian (Morecambe & Wise, Picadilly Palace), dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1986 Lurene Tuttle, American actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
- 1987 Charles Ludlam, American playwright and actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
- 1990 Joseph Hardy, actor and director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
- 1995 Daniela Rocca, Italian actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
Phil Hartman
1998 Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian, murdered by his wife in his sleep at 49
Phil Hartman
- 2003 Martha Scott, American actress (The Ten Commandments, Our Town, Ben-Hur), dies of natural causes at 90
- 2008 Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)
- 2009 Terence Alexander, English actor (Bergerac), dies at 86
- 2010 Gary Coleman, American actor (Diff'rent Strokes), dies at 42
- 2010 Eddie Barth [Edward Bartholetti], American actor and voiceover artist nicknamed "Mr. Gravel" for his raspy vocals (Shaft, Simon & Simon), dies at 78
- 2017 John Noakes, British TV presenter, dies at 83
- 2018 Cornelia Frances [Zulver], British-Australian actress (Home and Away), dies from bladder cancer at 77
- 2018 María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer and actress, dies at 93
- 2020 Lennie Niehaus, American jazz saxophonist and film composer (Clint Eastwood films), dies at 90