Events in Film & TV on March 2

1933 "King Kong" film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in NYC

1942 14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper & Joan Fontaine win

1944 16th Academy Awards: "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win

1965 One of the most popular musical films of all time, "The Sound of Music", starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1966)

1967 9th Grammy Awards: "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra wins best record, "Michele" by The Beatles best song

1977 Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award

1977 Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson

1993 Actress Claudette Colbert suffers a stroke at 89

2014 86th Academy Awards: "12 Years a Slave," Matthew McConaughey & Cate Blanchett win