Events in Film & TV
Historic Communication
1922 BBC begins daily radio broadcasts from the 2LO transmitter at Marconi House
Guglielmo Marconi
- 1953 WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Film Premier
1976 "Network", directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch and William Holden, premieres in Los Angeles and New York City (Finch - Academy Awards Best Actor 1977)
Television Premiere
1991 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV
Michael Jackson
- 1997 Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
Film Release
2002 Film "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is released, based on the second book by J. K. Rowling
Film Premier
2006 "Casino Royale", 21st James Bond film premieres in London, starring Daniel Craig for the 1st time and Eva Green, premieres in London
Daniel Craig
Film Release
2012 "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, is released
- 2015 Second Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by CBS, held in Des Moines, Iowa
Film Premier
2016 "Moana" animated Disney film directed by Ron Clements and John Musker with voices by Auli'i Cravalho and The Rock premieres in Los Angeles
Dwayne Johnson
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1880 Eugene O'Brien, American actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), born inBoulder, Colorado (d. 1966)
- 1894 Seena Owen, American silent screen actress (Queen Kelly), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1966)
- 1895 Louise Huff, American actress (What Women Want), born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1973)
- 1898 Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
- 1901 (John) Morton Downey, American pop tenor, known as "The Irish Nightengale", songwriter, radio and television host, born in Wallingford, Connecticut
- 1904 Dick Powell [Richard Ewing Powell], American singer, actor, producer and director (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater), born in Mountain View, Arkansas (d. 1963)
- 1907 William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (Shrek!, Doctor De Soto), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003)
- 1910 Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (Love That Bob, That Girl), born in Prescott Arizona (d. 2001)
- 1921 Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1997)
- 1922 Veronica Lake [Constance Ockleman], American actress (Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)
- 1923 Margaret Courtenay, Welsh actress, singer and entertainer (Royal Flash, Duet for One), born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 1996)
- 1924 Phyllis Avery, American actress (Ruby Gentry, George Gobel Show, Mr Novak), born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
- 1927 McLean Stevenson, American actor (M*A*S*H - "Col. Blake"; Hello Larry), born in Normal, Illinois (d. 1996)
- 1928 Kathleen Hughes, American actress (It Came From Outer Space), born in Hollywood, California
- 1929 Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book & film, "Fear Strikes Out"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2017)
- 1930 Shirley Crabtree Jr. [Big Daddy], English pro wrestler (record-breaking 64-inch chest), born in Halifax, England (d. 1997)
- 1930 Monique Mercure, French-Canadian actress (Naked Lunch), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1930 Michael Robbins, British actor and comedian (On the Buses, The Great Muppet Caper), born in London, England (d. 1992)
- 1931 Terence Marsh, British production designer (Oliver!, Dr. Zhivago, Spaceballs), born in London, England (d. 2018)
- 1932 Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
- 1935 Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
- 1945 Paul Hirsch, American film editor
- 1948 Robert Ginty, American actor (Paper Chase, White Fire), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1949 Phil Baron, American voice actor (Piglet), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1951 Sandahl Bergman, American actress (Conan, All that Jazz), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- 1951 Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director (Let Live, Raise the Red Lantern), born in Xi'an, China
- 1952 Ray Sharkey, actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1959 Paul McGann, English actor (Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who), born in Liverpool, Lancashire
- 1960 Tom Judson, American actor and composer
- 1961 D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)
- 1961 Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor
- 1962 Laura San Giacoma, American actress (Pretty Woman, Saving Grace), born in Danville, New Jersey
- 1962 Harland Williams, Canadian American actor, born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1962 Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress, born in Tokyo
- 1964 Patrick Warburton, American actor
- 1967 Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
- 1968 Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
- 1971 Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (96 Tests, 416 dismissals, 47.6 batting average; first player 100 sixes in Tests) and broadcaster (FoxSports), born in Bellingen, Australia
- 1971 Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
- 1972 Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
- 1973 Dana Snyder, American voice actor
- 1974 David Moscow, actor (Big)
- 1976 Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks MI, actor (Dolly Dearest)
- 1979 Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
- 1979 Steve Cash, YouTube personality (Talking Kitty Cat), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2020)
- 1980 Brock Pierce, American actor
- 1989 Mary Bashua-Alimi, Nigerian radio and TV personality
- 1990 Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
- 1994 Keno Eckert Ludwig, German actor (Dumbo), born in Bonn Bad Godesberg, Germany
Weddings in Film & TV
Person of Interest
1965 American singer and actress Judy Garland (43) weds American actor Mark Herron (37); divorce in 1969
Judy Garland
Wedding of Interest
1998 Chicago Bulls NBA player Dennis Rodman (37) weds "Baywatch" actress Carmen Electra (26) at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada
Dennis Rodman
Carmen Electra
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1959 Thomas W Ross, American actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm), dies at 84
- 1960 Walter Catlett, American actor (Climax, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities), dies of a stroke at 71
- 1964 Hendrik Gerrit Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
- 1965 Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
- 1974 Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies from a cardiac condition at 70
- 1984 George Matthews, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
- 1992 Clem Beauchamp, US stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
- 1994 Jake Dengel, American actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
- 1994 John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
- 1994 Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
- 1996 Virginia Cherrill, American actress (City Lights; Lake Extra; Brat), dies at 88
- 1997 Stefan Lorant, Hungarian-American writer, photojournalist and filmmaker, dies at 96
- 2000 Robert Trout, American newscaster (ABC), dies at 91
- 2001 Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies of an asthma attack at 33
- 2002 Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing), dies at 87
- 2003 Gene Anthony Ray, American dancer and actor (Fame - "Leroy"), dies from complications of a stroke at 41
- 2009 Bruce Wells, English boxer (European amateur light middleweight champion 1953) & actor (Dr. Who 1965-73), dies at 76
- 2014 Glen Larson, American television producer & writer, dies from esophageal cancer at 77
- 2015 Warren Mitchell, English actor (Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part), dies at 89
- 2015 Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (WCW/AWA), dies at 80
- 2020 Des O'Connor, British television presenter, singer and comedian, dies at 88 [1]