Events in Film & TV
- 1949 WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1955 KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1978 31st Cannes Film Festival: "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" directed by Ermanno Olmi wins the Palme d'Or
- 1981 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)
- 1987 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video
Event of Interest
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
David Letterman
- 1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
Film Release
2003 "Finding Nemo", directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres is released in the US and Canada
Ellen DeGeneres
Film Release
2014 Seth MacFarlane's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" is released to theatres, MacFarlane's first live-action role on the big screen
Seth MacFarlane
Event of Interest
2017 Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John reveals her breast cancer has returned after 25 years
Olivia Newton-John
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1853 Andries Andre, Dutch actor and husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen (Trumpeter-Major), born (d. 1890)
- 1871 Olga Engl, Austrian actress (Phantom), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
- 1896 Howard Hawks, American director and producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface), born in Goshen, Indiana (d. 1977)
- 1899 Irving Thalberg, American film producer (MGM), born in Booklyn, New York (d. 1936)
- 1902 Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Perry], American actor (Miracle in Harlem) 1st African American film star, born in Key West, Florida (d. 1985)
- 1908 Mel Blanc, American voice actor, comedian best known for his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1989)
- 1910 Inge Meysel, German actress (None, Ida Rogalski), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2004)
- 1911 Douglas Fowley, American actor (Singin' in the Rain, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
- 1912 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (Ben-Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!), born in Marian Glas, Anglesey, Wales (d. 1980)
- 1920 John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Canada (d. 1995)
- 1923 James "Jimmy" Lydon, American actor (Twice Blessed, Life with Father), born in Harrington Park, New Jersey
- 1927 Norman "Clint" Walker, American actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen), born in Hartford, Illinois
- 1927 Dick Noel, American TV host (It's a Small Wonder), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1929 Michael Mellinger, German actor (Goldfinger, The Bourne Identity), born in Kochel, Bavaria (d. 2004)
- 1936 Keir Dullea, actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1936 Ruta Lee, actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar)
- 1939 Michael J Pollard, actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- 1940 David Ackroyd, actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me), born in Orange, New Jersey
- 1945 Meredith MacRae, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons), born in Houston, Texas
- 1945 Norman Eshley, English actor
- 1948 Michael Piller, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1950 Paresh Rawal, Indian Bollywood actor (Woh Chokri, Woh Chokri), born in Bombay, India
- 1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, Tx, actor (Single White Female, Thelma & Louise)
- 1953 Colm Meaney, actor (Star Trek Deep Space 9)
- 1955 Jake "The Snake" Roberts, American wrestler, born in Gainesville, Texas
- 1958 Ted McGinley, actor (Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty), born in Newport Beach, California
- 1961 Ella Arolovich, Leningrad USSR, model
- 1961 Ralph Carter, American actor (Michael Evans-Good Times), born in NYC, New York
- 1961 Trey Parker, rapper/actor (Newsies, Hull High)
- 1961 Harry Enfield, Horsham, West Sussex, English comedian (Dermot-Men Behaving Badly, Saturday Live)
- 1962 Tonya Pinkins, actress (Livia Frye-All My Children), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1963 Lynda Wiesmeier, playmate (Jul, 1982), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1963 Sally Dyvenor [Whittaker], English actress (Coronation Street), born in Middleton, Lancashire, England
- 1965 Tammy Parks, actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold), born in Rockville Centre, New York
Idina Menzel
1971 Idina Menzel, American actress and singer born in Queens, New York
Idina Menzel
- 1973 Christine Pavone, Miss USA-Connecticut (1997)
- 1973 Leigh Francis, British comedian
- 1974 Cee-Lo Green [Thomas Callaway], American Grammy winning singer-songwriter (Crazy, F*** You), reality TV judge (The Voice), record producer, and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1976 Omri Hairi Katz, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1977 Rachael Stirling, British actress
- 1979 Kugimiya Rie, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
- 1981 Blake Bashoff, American actor
- 1990 Dean Collins, American actor
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1927 Academy Award-winning actor Fredric March (29) marries actress Florence Eldridge
Fredric March
Wedding of Interest
1999 "The Goodbye Girl" actor Richard Dreyfuss (51) weds accountant Janelle Lacey in Los Angeles
Richard Dreyfuss
Wedding of Interest
2008 Film actor Charlie Sheen (42) weds socialite Brooke Mueller (30) at a private estate in Los Angeles, California
Charlie Sheen
- 2015 Actor Eric Balfour (38) weds fashion designer Erin Chiamulon (31) in Pacific Palisades, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1944 Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
- 1953 George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60
- 1953 Dooley Wilson [Arthur Wilson], American musician and actor (Beulah, Casablanca), dies of natural causes at 67
- 1967 Claude Rains, British actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca), dies at 77
- 1971 Rodd Redwing, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies at 66
- 1975 Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
- 1979 Jack Raine, British actor (Quartet), dies at 82
- 1988 Ella Raines, American actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact, Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 67
- 1991 Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74
- 1992 Daniel Addes, actor (Victor-Sunst Grill), dies at 59
- 2000 Doris Hare, Welsh actress (b. 1905)
- 2006 Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (b. 1926)
- 2006 Robert Sterling, American actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper), dies at 88
- 2007 Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and author (b. 1933)
- 2011 Clarice Taylor, American actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse), dies at 93
- 2017 Elena Verdugo, American actress (Little Giant, Cavalier of the West), dies at 92