Music Concert
1938 NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony
Howard Hanson
- 1953 "Ugetsu", Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō and Kinuyo Tanaka, is released
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 30th Academy Awards-"The Bridge on the River Kwai" wins Best Picture, Joanne Woodward & Alec Guinness win Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively
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1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Indiana State, 75-64; marks start of rivalry between future Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Larry Bird; highest-rated game in history of televised college basketball
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
- 1982 Soap opera "Capitol" premieres
Academy Awards
1990 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win
Daniel Day-Lewis
Jessica Tandy
Academy Awards
1990 Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa wins the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement
Akira Kurosawa
- 1995 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Color of Night" wins
Academy Awards
2000 72nd Academy Awards: "American Beauty", Kevin Spacey & Hilary Swank win
Hilary Swank
Kevin Spacey
- 2005 "Doctor Who" returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose
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2012 Canadian filmmaker James Cameron becomes the first person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth in over 50 years
James Cameron
Event of Interest
2018 Porn star Stormy Daniels claims she had an affair with Donald Trump in an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes and was later threatened to keep quiet
Donald Trump
- 2018 "The Black Panther" becomes the highest grossing superhero film in America earning $630.9m