- 1952 KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1954 KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1960 WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1965 WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WCAE TV channel 50 in St John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1984 "Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV
- 1985 Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
Emmy Awards
1987 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis & Sharon Gless win
Bruce Willis
Music Premiere
1989 Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London, created by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
Jonathan Pryce
- 1992 Leanza Cornett (Florida), 21, crowned 66th Miss America 1993
Television Premiere
1999 TV crime procedural "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" created by Dick Wolf, starring Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni premieres on NBC
Dick Wolf
Mariska Hargitay
Emmy Awards
2009 61st Emmy Awards: Mad Men, 30 Rock, Bryan Cranston & Glenn Close win
Bryan Cranston
Glenn Close
Television Debut
2011 "New Girl", starring Zooey Deschanel, debuts on Fox
Zooey Deschanel
