- 1923 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID
- 1953 WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (NBC) begins
- 1962 "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn
- 1963 Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years)
- 1971 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1981 CNN Headline News cable TV channel debuts in US
- 1982 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
- 1982 NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features
- 1990 Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
Music Concert
1993 Barbra Streisand performs her 1st public concert in 20 years before a sell-out crows of over 25,000 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1998 US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year
Film & TV History
2017 Indian movie star Rajinikanth announces he is entering politics
