Event of Interest
1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
Jack Benny
- 1941 FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1
- 1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
Film Release
1946 "The Postman Always Rings Twice" film based on the novel by James M. Cain, directed by Tay Garnett and starring Lana Turner and John Garfield is released
Lana Turner
- 1952 John Cage's "Water Music" (for a solo pianist, using a piano, a radio, whistles, water containers, and a deck of cards) premieres in New York City
- 1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1962 WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast
- 1968 Israeli television begins transmitting
- 1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast
Music Premiere
1977 Revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "The King & I"', with Yul Brynner reprising the role he created in 1951, opens at Uris Theater, NYC; runs for 695 performances
Yul Brynner
Music Awards
1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win
Kenny Rogers
Barbara Mandrell
Event of Interest
1997 Police arrest transsexual prostitute Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Film Release
1997 "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery", starring Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley, is released
Film Release
2008 First film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe released "Iron Man" directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
Robert Downey Jr
Stan Lee
Event of Interest
2011 Flavor Flav is arrested on four outstanding misdemeanor warrants for various driving offenses
Flavor Flav
Event of Interest
2019 The cast of "The Big Bang Theory" are the first TV actors to be immortalized in cement outside Hollywood's Chinese theater in Los Angeles
Jim Parsons
Johnny Galecki
- 2019 For the first time all major US pageants won by black women after Cheslie Kryst wins Miss USA. joining Nia Franklin Miss America and Kaliegh Garris Miss Teen USA
- 2020 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the Icelandic actor who played Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in Game of Thrones, sets a world deadlifting record by lifting 501kg (1,104lb)