On This Day in Film & TV for September 4
Events in Film & TV
- 1936 RKO Radio Pictures releases "Swing Time", directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and 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
- More Events in Film & TV
Paul Harvey
Beyoncé
Irene Dunne
Steve Irwin
Joan RiversWeddings in Film & TV
- 1988 Actor Kevin Bacon marries actress Kyra Sedgwick
- 1998 "Sex and The City" actress Kim Cattrall (42) weds audio designer Mark Levinson
- 2006 Television presenter Sally Meen (41) weds show business agent Russ Lindsay at Great Fosters Hotel in Egham, Surrey
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
September in Film & TV History
Tragedy of Macbeth Brings Fits of Laughter
Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O’Toole returned to the stage on this day playing Shakespeare’s Macbeth in London. Critics savaged the production but the fans?
September 3, 1980
Roll-film Camera
Eastman's roll-film camera patent, U.S. Patent No. 388,850
September 4, 1888
The Smurfs TV Debut
The Smurfs title card from the 1981 TV series
September 12, 1981
Fatal Legacy of a Beautiful Riviera
Two famous American women – Grace Kelly and Isadora Duncan, both died after tragic motoring accidents in the same area on this day, though half a century apart.
September 14, 1982