On This Day in Film & TV for May 30
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
- 1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
- 1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
- 2000 35th Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
- More Events in Film & TV
Gale Sayers
Idina MenzelWeddings in Film & TV
- 1927 Academy Award-winning actor Fredric March (29) marries actress Florence Eldridge
- 1999 "The Goodbye Girl" actor Richard Dreyfuss (51) weds accountant Janelle Lacey in Los Angeles
- 2008 Film actor Charlie Sheen (42) weds socialite Brooke Mueller (30) at a private estate in Los Angeles, California
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
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
May in Film & TV History
Miss Atomic Pageant
Linda Lawson is the winner of the 1955 Miss Atomic Pageant, with a mushroom cloud crown for good measure
May 1, 1955Silence is Golden At The First Oscars
The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on this day before just 250 guests. All the movies nominated for what would become known as an Oscar were silent
May 16, 1929The Best Quentin Tarantino Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Tarantino question? Including which Tarantino film script was leaked prior to filming? Or which actor is his most frequent collaborator?
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