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Events in Film & TV on December 2

  • 1932 "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network

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1933 Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady", released

Actor and Dancer Fred Astaire
Actor and Dancer
Fred Astaire
  • 1952 First human birth televised to public on KOA-TV Denver, Colorado

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1955 Film adaptation of "The Rose Tattoo", starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster, premieres at the Astor Hotel in New York City

Actress Anna Magnani
Actress
Anna Magnani
Actor Burt Lancaster
Actor
Burt Lancaster
  • 1958 KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting

Music release#1 in the Charts

1978 Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1

Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond
Singer-songwriter
Neil Diamond
Singer-Songwriter and Actress Barbra Streisand
Singer-Songwriter and Actress
Barbra Streisand
  • 1988 "Naked Gun" movie based on TV's "Police Squad" premieres
  • 1988 ESPN airs its 10,000th edition of 'Sports Center', making it the most televised cable program in history

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1994 "Cobb" a film about baseball player Ty Cobb, starring Tommy Lee Jones premieres

MLB Legend Ty Cobb
MLB Legend
Ty Cobb

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2013 "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug", 2nd film in the Hobbit series, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in Los Angeles

Film Director Peter Jackson
Film Director
Peter Jackson
Actor Ian McKellen
Actor
Ian McKellen
Actor Martin Freeman
Actor
Martin Freeman

Event of interestEvent of Interest

2014 Comedian Bill Cosby resigns from the board of trustees of an American university following renewed sexual assault allegations

Actor/Comedian Bill Cosby
Actor/Comedian
Bill Cosby


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