- 1949 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1955 WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1963 KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1968 "One Life to Live", American soap opera, premieres on TV
- 1974 TV news reporter Christine Chubbuck shoots herself live on WXLT-TV, Florida, first person to commit suicide in a live broadcast
Film Premier
1983 Film version of "The Pirates of Penzance", starring Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Lansbury premieres in US
- 1985 Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe
Event of Interest
1987 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
Boy George
Film Release
1988 "Die Hard" directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is released in the US
Alan Rickman
Bruce Willis
Film Premier
2005 "Wedding Crashers", starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, premieres
Vince Vaughn
Owen Wilson
Film Release
2009 "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the 6th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released worldwide
Television Debut
2016 "Stranger Things" debuts on Netflix created by the Duffer Brothers, starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown
Winona Ryder
Millie Bobby Brown