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Events in Film & TV on November 4

  • 1914 Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete", NYC)
  • 1929 John L. Balderston's play "Berkeley Square" starring Leslie Howard premieres in NYC

Event of interestEvent of Interest

1948 American humorist Will Rogers commemorated by US Postage Service on 3-cent stamp

Humorist Will Rogers
Humorist
Will Rogers
  • 1968 WRDU (now WPTF) TV channel 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • 1968 WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
  • 1985 "Edge of Darkness" first airs on BBC Two, featuring Bob Peck and Joanne Whalley
  • 1992 NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio

Film tv awardsEmmy Awards

2001 53rd Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Sex and the City, James Gandolfini & Edie Falco win

Actor James Gandolfini
Actor
James Gandolfini

Film release premierFilm Premier

2001 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" 1st film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, premieres starring Daniel Radcliffe

Actor Rupert Grint
Actor
Rupert Grint
Actor Daniel Radcliffe
Actor
Daniel Radcliffe
Novelist J. K. Rowling
Novelist
J. K. Rowling

Music releaseAlbum Release

2003 "Shock'n Y'all" 8th studio album by Toby Keith is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2004)

Country Singer and Actor Toby Keith
Country Singer and Actor
Toby Keith
  • 2017 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns in a shock TV broadcast from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, amid concerns he is being forcibly detained

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