- 1908 Booth Tarkington & Harry Leon Wilson's play "Man from Home" premieres in New York
- 1908 Projection in Paris of the very first animated cartoon, Fantasmagorie realized by Émile Cohl
The Wizard of Oz
1939 Musical film "The Wizard of Oz", starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, and Margaret Hamilton opens at Loews Capitol Theatre, NYC
Film Premiere
1979 "Monty Python's Life of Brian" directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, Mickael Palin, & John Cleese, premieres in US theaters
Film Premiere
1990 "Exorcist 3" film written and directed by William Peter Blatty, premieres
Film & TV History
2007 Perez Hilton mistakenly announces the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro