Events in Film & TV on September 14

Event of Interest

1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House

Animator Walt Disney — Animator
Walt Disney

1965 "F-Troop" premieres in the US on ABC
1972 "The Waltons" TV program premieres on CBS starring Richard Thomas and Ralph Waite
1981 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
1985 Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986

Television Debut

1985 "The Golden Girls", starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC

Actress and Comedian Betty White — Actress and Comedian
Betty White

Actress Estelle Getty — Actress
Estelle Getty

1986 CBS premiere of true life "The Last Days of Patton"
1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
1996 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
1997 49th Emmy Awards: Law & Order, Frasier, Dennis Franz & Gillian Anderson win
1998 British TV show "The Royle Family" written and starring Caroline Adherne and Craig Cash, also starring Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston premieres on BBC Two
2007 53rd National Film Awards (India): "Kaalpurush" wins the Golden Lotus

Event of Interest

2009 David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London, in what is the Museum's most significant expansion since 1881