- 1938 World's first science fiction TV programme - a broadcast of the play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek
- 1954 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor & Eve Arden win
- 1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show
- 1975 Tv drama “Sarah T: Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic”, starring Linda Blair, premieres on US network NBC
- 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
- 1993 43rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" and "The Wedding Banquet" win the Golden Bear (tie)
- 1994 Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA
- 1998 48th Berlin International Film Festival: "Central Station" wins the Golden Bear
- 2007 60th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Queen" Best Film, Paul Greengrass Best Director
- 2010 60th Berlin International Film Festival: "Honey" wins the Golden Bear
- 2014 11 people are killed after a grenade was tossed into a movie theatre in Peshawar, Pakistan
- 2016 Sixth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on CNN and PBS, and held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin