Events in Film & TV
- 1930 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult
- 1939 NBC becomes first network to televise a pro football game; Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 23-14 at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field
Film Premier
1942 "Now, Voyager" film directed by Irving Rapper starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rain premieres in New York
Bette Davis
Paul Henreid
- 1955 WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1979 Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest
- 1988 "Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground" TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera screens on US NBC newtwork
- 2010 57th National Film Awards (India): "Kutty Srank" wins the Golden Lotus
Film Premier
2013 "Thor: The Dark World", directed by Alan Taylor, starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, premieres in London
Chris Hemsworth
Natalie Portman
- 2017 "LA Times" publishes investigation with 38 woman accusing Hollywood writer-director James Toback of sexual harassment
Event of Interest
2018 Actress Selma Blair reveals she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
Selma Blair
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1876 [Joseph Jacinto] Jo Mora, Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, cowboy and illustrator who lived with the Hopi tribe and wrote extensively of his experiences, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1947)
- 1891 Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
- 1900 James Hall, American actor (Hell's Angels, Four Sons), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1940)
- 1903 Curly Howard {Jerome Lester Horwitz}, American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1952)
- 1904 Constance Bennett, American actress (Easiest Way, Ladies in Love), born in NYC, New York (d. 1965)
- 1908 John Sutton, British actor (The Three Musketeers, Tower of London, Return of Fly), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (d. 1963)
- 1908 John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
- 1910 Tamara Desni [Brodsky], German-born British actress (The Green Finger, Hell's Cargo), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2008)
- 1912 Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
- 1913 Patricia "Boots" Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1958)
- 1916 Sid Miller, Shenandoah Pa, actor (Donald O'Connor Texaco Show)
Joan Fontaine
1917 Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2013)
Joan Fontaine
- 1920 Mitzi Green [Elizabeth Keno], American child actress (Huckleberry Finn, Little Orphan Annie), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1969)
- 1922 Antonius "Ton" Lensink, Dutch actor (Rituelen), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1997)
- 1928 Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director (Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês, Vidas Secas), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2018)
- 1938 Christopher Lloyd, American actor (Taxi, Back to the Future), born in Stamford, Connecticut,
- 1938 Derek Jacobi, actor (Lanner-Strauss Family, Dead Again), born in London, England
- 1939 Tony Roberts, actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show), born in NYC, New York
- 1941 Charles Keating, English actor (Carl Hutchins-Another World), born in London, England, (d. 2014)
- 1942 Annette Funicello, singer and actress (Mickey Mouse Club), born in Utica, New York, (d. 2013)
- 1943 Catherine Deneuve, [Dorleac], actress (Repulsion, Hunger), born in Paris, France
- 1943 Robert Long, [Leverman], Dutch singer/actor (Vroeger Kon je Lachen)
- 1943 Jan de Bont, Dutch film director
- 1945 Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
- 1946 Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality
- 1947 Lee Meredith, [Judith Lee Sauls], River Edge NJ, actress (Producers)
Jeff Goldblum
1952 Jeff Goldblum, American actor (Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day), born in West Homestead, Pennsylvania
Jeff Goldblum
- 1959 Todd Graff, American actor (Five Corners, Dominic & Eugene), born in NYC, New York
- 1959 Marc Shaiman, American film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1961 Robert Torti, American actor
- 1966 Valeria Golino, Italian actress (Rain Man, Little Flames), born in Naples, Italy
- 1967 Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
- 1968 Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
- 1969 Cuty [Yumi] Suzuki, Kawaguchi Japan, wrestler (Japan)
- 1969 Spike Jonze [Adam Spiegel], American director and film producer (Her, Three Kings, Where the Wild Things Are), born in Rockville, Maryland
- 1972 Saffron Burrows, English-American actress (Boston Legal), born in London
- 1972 D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
- 1976 Helen Svedin, Swedish model
- 1981 Michael Fishman, American actor (DJ in Roseanne), born in Long Beach, California
- 1990 Jonathan William Lipnicki, actor (Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre)
- 1992 Sofia Vassilieva, American actress (Medium), born in n Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1967 Actor Morgan Freeman (30) weds Jeanette Adair Bradshaw
Morgan Freeman
Wedding of Interest
2011 Actor and comedian Robin Williams (60) weds graphic designer Susan Schneider at the luxurious Meadow Wood Resort in the Napa Valley town of St. Helena, California
Robin Williams
- 2011 "The Bachelorette" TV personality DeAnna Pappas (29) weds Stephen Stagliano (27) in Georgia
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
2007 Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson (40) divorces actress Kate Hudson (28) due to irreconcilable differences after nearly six years of marriage
Kate Hudson
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1918 Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress regarded as Hollywood's first Latin and Hispanic movie star actress (Missy, Her Great Part), dies from influenza and heart ailment at 27
- 1981 Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies
- 1984 Napoleon Whiting, actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75
- 1986 Ivor Francis, actor (Dusty's Trail), dies at 68
- 1986 Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM NYC helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes
- 1987 Angiolino "Lino" Ventura, Italian actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A--), dies of a heart attack at 68
- 1989 Roland Winters [Winternitz], American actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers, Jet Pilot, Meet Millie), dies at 84
- 1991 Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies
- 1992 Cleavon Little, American actor (Blazing Saddles), dies of colon cancer at 53
- 1995 Mary Wickes, actress (Sister Act), dies at 79
- 1997 Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
- 2005 Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
- 2006 Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 84
- 2006 Richard Mayes, British actor (Doctor Who, Emmerdale), dies of a stroke at 83
- 2009 Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
- 2009 Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)
