On This Day

Events in Film & TV on August 21

  • 1942 Walt Disney's animated movie "Bambi", based on the book by Felix Salten, is released
  • 1956 WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1972 33rd Venice Film Festival opens
  • 1987 "Dirty Dancing" film directed by Emile Ardolino, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey opens in the US
  • 1996 Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA

Event of interestEvent of Interest

2019 The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] named highest paid actor for a second year in a row, earning $89.4m

Actor and Professional Wrestler Dwayne Johnson
Actor and Professional Wrestler
Dwayne Johnson
  • 2020 Actress Lori Loughlin sentenced to two months in prison along with her husband for her role in US college admissions bribery scandal

Music releaseMusic Single

2020 BTS's release new single Dynamite, becomes 1st video to be watched more than 100 million times in 24 hours on YouTube

K-Pop Star Jimin
K-Pop Star
Jimin


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