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Events in Film & TV on December 11

  • 1909 Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC
  • 1948 WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1948 WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1949 WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • 1953 KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station

Music releaseMusic Premiere

1960 Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City

Actress and Comedian Lucille Ball
Actress and Comedian
Lucille Ball

Film release premierFilm Premier

1967 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn, premieres in NYC (Hepburn - Academy Award for Best Actress 1968)

Actor Spencer Tracy
Actor
Spencer Tracy
Actress Katharine Hepburn
Actress
Katharine Hepburn
Actor Sidney Poitier
Actor
Sidney Poitier
  • 1968 KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
  • 1978 NBC premiere of "A Woman Called Moses"

Film release premierFilm Premier

1980 "Magnum P.I." starring Tom Selleck premieres on CBS

Actor Tom Selleck
Actor
Tom Selleck
  • 1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC

Film release premierFilm Release

1987 "Wall Street" film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen is released

Actor Michael Douglas
Actor
Michael Douglas
Actor Charlie Sheen
Actor
Charlie Sheen

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