Events in Film & TV on December 2

Film Release

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
1958 KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting

#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

Film Premier

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

Film Premier

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