Television Debut
1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female US nightly network news anchor (ABC News)
Film & TV History
1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
Television Premiere
1984 CBS premiere of TV film "Pope John Paul II", starring Albert Finney in title role
Film & TV History
1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from "The Tonight Show"
- 1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
- 1998 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
Television Premiere
2012 TV political comedy "Veep" created by Armando Iannucci, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Anna Chlumsky premieres on HBO
Film Premiere
2019 Marvel film "Avengers: Endgame" directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and an ensemble cast, premieres in Los Angeles