Theater Premiere
1860 Dion Boucicault's stage melodrama "The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen" at Laura Keene's Theatre, NYC
Radio Premiere
1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio, on Ed Sullivan's New York interview program
Film & TV History
1945 Movie star Jimmy Stewart is promoted to full colonel, one of the few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years
Academy Awards
1951 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Judy Holliday and José Ferrer win
Theater Premiere
1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King and I", based on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam", opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for1 246 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards; Star Yul Brynner would lead the cast of the 1956 film version, and play the role over 4,200 times
Film Premiere
1959 "Some Like It Hot", American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, premieres at the Lowe’s Capital Theatre, NYC
- 1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
Film Release
1974 Film adaption of "The Great Gatsby" starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow with costumes by Ralph Lauren first released
Academy Awards
1976 48th Academy Awards: "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", its stars Jack Nicholson & Louise Fletcher, and director Miloš Forman win
Television Finale
1978 Variety TV show "The Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS in the US, having won 25 Emmy Awards
- 1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Mommie Dearest" wins
Academy Awards
1982 54th Academy Awards: "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win
- 1987 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Howard the Duck" wins
WrestleMania
1987 WrestleMania III: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI (93,173): Hulk Hogan successfully defends WWF Heavyweight title against André the Giant
Academy Awards
1989 61st Academy Awards: "Rain Man" - Best Picture, Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Director (Barry Levinson) and Screenwriting; and Jodie Foster win
- 1989 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Cocktail" wins
- 1992 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Hudson Hawk" wins
Academy Awards
1993 65th Academy Awards: "Unforgiven", Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win
Academy Awards
1993 Actress Elizabeth Taylor presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her AIDS/HIV activism at 65th Academy Awards
WrestleMania
1998 WrestleMania XIV, FleetCenter, Boston, MA: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's wins his first WWF Heavyweight tile against Shawn Michaels
WrestleMania
2015 WrestleMania XXXI, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA (76,976): Seth Rollins beats Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns in impromptu triple threat match to capture WWE Heavyweight title