Film Release
1914 1st feature-length silent film comedy "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
Marie Dressler
Charlie Chaplin
- 1925 "Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov, premieres in Moscow
Contract of Interest
1933 Fox Films signs Shirley Temple aged 5, to a studio contract
Shirley Temple
Film Premier
1934 French film "Zouzou" premieres in Paris, starring Josephine Baker; 1st black woman to star in a major motion picture
Josephine Baker
Film Premier
1937 The first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre
Walt Disney
Film Premier
1949 "Samson and Delilah", directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, premieres in New York
Hedy Lamarr
Cecil B. DeMille
Film Premier
1966 Cult film "King of Hearts" (Le Roi de cœur) premieres directed by Philippe de Broca starring Alan Bates
Philippe de Broca
TV Show Appearance
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme on The Ed Sullivan Show
Diana Ross
Ed Sullivan
- 1970 WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
2012 Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs opens in Sterling Heights, Michigan
Flavor Flav
Film Premier
2016 Indian sports drama film "Dangal" directed by Nitesh Tiwari and starring Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra premieres - first Indian film to earn $300 million worldwide
Aamir Khan