King Kong Premieres
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
- 1940 The first televised intercollegiate track meet is seen in NYC on W2XBS; NYU wins the meet presented live from Madison Square Garden
Academy Awards
1942 14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper, and Joan Fontaine win
Academy Awards
1944 16th Academy Awards: "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win
Music History
1964 Beatles begin filming "A Hard Day's Night", George Harrison meets future wife Pattie Boyd
Film Premiere
1965 One of the most popular musical films of all time, "The Sound of Music", starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premieres (Academy Awards Best Picture - 1966)
Grammy Awards
1967 9th Grammy Awards: "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra wins best record, "Michele" by The Beatles best song
- 1976 Walt Disney World logs its 50 millionth guest
Film & TV History
1977 Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award
Film & TV History
1977 Future The Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson
Film & TV History
1993 Actress Claudette Colbert suffers a stroke at 89
Music Concert
1993 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, James Taylor, Bryan Adams, Tom Jones, George Michael, and Herb Alpert
- 2007 38th NAACP Image Awards: "The Pursuit of Happyness" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Academy Awards
2014 86th Academy Awards: "12 Years a Slave," Matthew McConaughey & Cate Blanchett win
- 2019 FESPACO, Africa's largest film festival in its 50th year awards the Golden Stallion of Yennenga to "The Mercy of the Jungle" by Joel Karekezi, in Burkina Faso
Music History
2020 American rap group Public Enemy part ways with Flavor Flav after 35 years over playing for free at Bernie Sanders rally
