Events in Film & TV
Film Release
1936 "Swing Time", directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is released
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
- 1940 CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
- 1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by US President Harry Truman
- 1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
- 1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
- 1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1961 Carol Burnett-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
- 1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
1967 Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Jerry Lewis
- 1972 "The Price is Right" - US's longest running games show debuts on CBS
- 1978 Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405
- 1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
- 1989 Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219
- 1989 46th Venice Film Festival: "A City of Sadness" directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou debuts and wins the Golden Lion
Film Awards
1990 47th Venice Film Festival: "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" directed by Tom Stoppard wins the Golden Lion
Tom Stoppard
- 1992 "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
- 1995 Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000
Event of Interest
1995 Cult TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor debuts in the US
Lucy Lawless
Kevin Smith
- 1998 1st ever "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" hosted by Chris Tarrant debuts on ITV in Britain
Event of Interest
2002 Before a U.S. Congressional panel, Doris Roberts testifies that age discrimination is prevalent in Hollywood
Doris Roberts
Film Premier
2008 "The Hurt Locker" directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Jeremy Renner premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture 2010)
Kathryn Bigelow
Event of Interest
2019 YouTube fined $170 million for illegally collecting data on children's viewing habits by US Federal Trade Commission
Susan Wojcicki
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1848 Jennie Lee, American actress (The Birth of a Nation), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1925)
- 1871 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress and wife of Joseph of Lyre, born in St-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (d. 1952)
- 1874 Johanna M. "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress and wife of Bruno Gerlach, born (d. 1964)
- 1896 Antonin Artaud, French songwriter and director (Theatre Seraphin), born in Marseille, France (d. 1948)
- 1904 Christian-Jaque, French film director, born in Paris (d. 1994)
- 1908 Edward Dmytryk, Canadian film director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny), born in Grand Forks, Canada (d. 1999)
- 1915 Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
- 1919 Howard Morris, American comedic actor and director (The Andy Griffith Show, High Anxiety), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
- 1928 Dick York, American actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 1992)
- 1931 Mitzi Gaynor [Francesca von Gerber], American actress, singer and dancer (Anything Goes, South Pacific), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1932 Dinsdale Landen, British actor (The Mask of Janus), born in Margate, Kent, England (d. 2003)
- 1933 Richard Castellano, American actor (The Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1988)
- 1937 Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director, born in Tallinn, Estonia (d. 2006)
- 1938 Leonard Frey, American actor (Best of West, Mr Smith), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1941 Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress, born in Tunbridge Wells, England
- 1942 Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter, born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1944 Jennifer Salt, American actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1951 Judith Ivey, American actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again), born in El Paso, Texas
- 1952 Rishi Kapoor, Indian Bollywood actor and director (Bobby, Do Dooni Chaar), born in Bombay State, India (2020)
- 1953 Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, American actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter), born in New York City, New York
- 1957 Khandi Alexander, American actress, born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1957 Patricia Tallman, American actress, born in Pontiac, Illinois
- 1958 Shiro Koshinaka, Japanese wrestler (WAR/NJPW), born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1959 Kevin Harrington, Australian actor, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1960 Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, SNL), born in New York City, New York
- 1961 Kevin Kennedy, English actor, born in Wythenshawe, United Kingdom
- 1968 John Preston, American actor (Greg-General Hospital), born in Cedar City, Utah
- 1968 Phill Lewis, American actor, born in Uganda
- 1968 John DiMaggio, American actor, born in North Plainfield, New Jersey
- 1969 Noah Taylor, English-born actor, born in London, United Kingdom
- 1970 Ione Skye, British-born American actress (Say Anything), born in Hampstead, London
- 1970 Dave Buchwald, American hacker and filmmaker, born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1971 Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
- 1972 Danny Ponce, American actor (Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family), born in Waltham, Massachusetts
- 1972 Françoise Yip, Canadian actress, born in North Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1976 Katreeya English, Thai singer and actress, born in Oxford, United Kingdom
- 1978 Wes Bentley, American actor, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas
- 1979 Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- 1984 Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress and singer-songwriter, born in El Palomar, Argentina
- 1991 Carter Jenkins, American actor, born in Tampa, Florida
- 2179 Nyota Uhura, Fictional Star Trek communications officer, born in Nairobi, Kenya
Weddings in Film & TV
- 1988 Actor Kevin Bacon marries actress Kyra Sedgwick
Wedding of Interest
1998 "Sex and The City" actress Kim Cattrall (42) weds audio designer Mark Levinson
Kim Cattrall
- 2006 Television presenter Sally Meen (41) weds show business agent Russ Lindsay at Great Fosters Hotel in Egham, Surrey
- 2009 Singer and actress Christina Milian (27) weds singer-songwriter The-Dream (31) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2011 Fashion model and designer Lauren Bush (28) weds David Lauren (40), son of fashion designer Ralph Lauren at the 17,000 acre farm in Colorado
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1938 Clifford Dempsey, actor (Salute), dies at 73
- 1975 Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
- 1981 Verne Rowe, actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night), dies at 59
- 1985 George O'Brien, American actor (Sunrise: A Song of Two Human), dies of a stroke at 85
- 1985 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
- 1989 Georges Simenon, Belgian born writer and director (Maigret detective novels), dies at 86
- 1990 Irene Dunne, American actress (Cimarron, Theodora Goes Wild), dies of heart failure at 91
- 1991 Tom Tryon, American actor (The Cardinal, All That Glitters, The Longest Day) and novelist (The Other), dies of stomach cancer at 65
- 1992 John van Dreelen, [Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg], actor (Topaz), dies
- 1993 Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (Fantasy Island - Ze plane! Ze plane!), shoots self to death at 50
- 1995 John Megna, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 42
Steve Irwin
2006 Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and TV personality (The Crocodile Hunter), attacked and killed by a stingray at 44
Steve Irwin
Joan Rivers
2014 Joan Rivers, American comedienne (Late Show, Hollywood Sq), dies at 81 after serious complications from a procedure on her vocal cords
Joan Rivers
