Event of Interest
1882 Victorien Sardous "Fedora" with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
- 1909 Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Music Premiere
1960 Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City
Lucille Ball
Film 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)
Film Premier
1980 "Magnum P.I." starring Tom Selleck premieres on CBS
Tom Selleck
- 1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC
Film Release
1987 "Wall Street" film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen is released
Michael Douglas
Charlie Sheen
Film Premier
1991 "Hook", a swashbuckling film sequel to the Peter Pan story, directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman premieres
Event of Interest
1992 US President George H.W. Bush awards actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Audrey Hepburn
George H. W. Bush
Event of Interest
2011 Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek suffers a minor heart attack in his home and is admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Alex Trebek
Historic Publication
2015 "Playboy" magazine publishes its last nude issue, features Pamela Anderson on the cover
Pamela Anderson