- 1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1952 "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (also known as "Vitameatavegamin") episode of "I Love Lucy" premieres, garnering 68% of US television viewers
- 1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
#1 in the Charts
1962 "West Side Story" soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
Academy of Country Music Awards
1999 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
Music Single
2018 Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] releases the music video to new single "This is America" to wide acclaim