On This Day in Film & TV for May 9
Events in Film & TV
- 1754 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
- 1946 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
- 1958 "Vertigo", American film noir psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, is released
- 1971 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton win
- 1980 Slasher horror film "Friday the 13th" is released in US cinemas
- 1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)
- 1992 Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
- 1992 Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
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Weddings in Film & TV
- 1969 American movie actress Lana Turner (48) weds 7th husband, hypnotist Ronald Pellar (39); divorce in 1972
- 1987 Actor Tom Cruise (27) weds actress Mimi Rogers (33)
- 2000 Puerto Rican actress and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres (25) weds singer-songwriter Marc Anthony (31) in Las Vegas, Nevada
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1951 Marie Ault, British actress, dies at 80
- 1952 Canada Lee [Leonard Canegata], African-American actor (Lost Boundaries), dies of a heart attack at 45
- 1958 Bill Goodwin, American television announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
- 1968 Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Avengers), dies at 90
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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