- 1928 RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady, New York allowing American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson to demonstrate the first home television receiver which delivered a poor and unsteady 1.5 square inch picture
- 1948 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin
- 1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
1957 "All that Fall", first radio play by Samuel Beckett, aired on BBC Third Programme
Samuel Beckett
- 1989 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13½ year run on ABC-TV
Television Debut
1989 British comedy sketch show series "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debuts on BBC1
Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie
- 1998 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
Film and TV Awards
2002 28th People's Choice Awards: Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Kelsey Grammer, Ray Romano & Jennifer Aniston win (TV)
Film and TV Awards
2008 65th Golden Globes (announced): Atonement, Daniel Day-Lewis, & Julie Christie win
Julie Christie
Daniel Day-Lewis
Film and TV Awards
2013 70th Golden Globes: Argo, Daniel Day-Lewis, & Jessica Chastain win
Daniel Day-Lewis
Event of Interest
2018 Actor Mark Wahlberg donates his $1.5m reshoot fee "All the Money in the World" to "Time's Up" movement after revelation co-star Michelle Williams only paid $1000
Mark Wahlberg
Michelle Williams