- 1938 World's first science fiction TV program - 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 BBC pioneering series "Your Life in Their Hands" first broadcast presented by Dr. Charles Fletcher, 1st major TV series to deal with medicine
- 1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Theater Premiere
1979 Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager, and Neil Simon's musical "They're Playing Our Song", starring Robert Klein and Lucie Arnaz opens at Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 1082 performances
Music Recording
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
- 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 Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "The Queen" Best Film, Paul Greengrass Best Director
Film & TV History
2009 Uri Geller purchases Lamb Island, Scotland, previously known for its witch trials
- 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
