Theater Premiere
1859 Dion Boucicault's stage melodrama "The Octaroon" opens at The Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
Music Premiere
1966 Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "I Do! I Do!", starring Robert Preston and Mary Martin, and directed by Gower Champion, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 561 performances
- 1971 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
Television Finale
1974 Final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC TV
- 1982 15th NAACP Image Awards: "An Officer and a Gentleman" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Film Premiere
2001 "Ocean's Eleven" directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts premieres in Westwood, California
Film Premiere
2002 "The Two Towers" 2nd Lord of the Rings film directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen premieres in New York
Music History
2003 Mexican singer Thalia the "Queen of Latin Pop" is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles
Film & TV History
2006 Audrey Hepburn's Givenchy little black dress from film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" auctioned for charity for record £467,200 ($923,187) at Christie's, London
Sports History
2008 Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery
- 2017 Netflix fires actor Danny Masterson from "The Ranch" after allegations of rape
Music History
2021 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Berry Gordy, Lorne Michaels and Justino Diaz with President Biden attending in Washington D.C.