- 1927 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
- 1934 2nd Venice Film Festival opens
- 1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, Oregon (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1959 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1963 WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, Illinois (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1970 KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1970 2nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at U.S. Grant Hotel
- 1971 CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII
- 1979 12th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at U.S. Grant Hotel
- 1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
- 1985 18th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
Event of Interest
1991 Actress Hedy Lamarr, aged 77 is arrested for shoplifting in Florida
Hedy Lamarr