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Film and TV History on April 24

Peter Pan

1950 Leonard Bernstein's musical "Peter Pan", starring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 320 performances

  • 1954 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1955 KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1955 KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1959 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1962 Massachusetts Institute of Technology sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: California to Massachusetts

Film & TV History

1964 Gene Roddenberry registers his Star Trek series with the Writers Guild of America

  • 1965 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden NYC after 192 performances
  • 1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas
  • 1986 Film "Crocodile Dundee" starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski premieres in Australia (highest grossing film of the year in the US)

Film & TV History

1987 Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, NYC

Farm Aid Concert

1993 Farm Aid VI held in Ames, Iowa; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, The Jayhawks, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Cash, Ricky Van Shelton, Marty Stuart, Martina McBride, Bruce Hornsby, Bryan Adams, Ringo Starr, and Dwight Yoakam [1]

Film & TV History

2010 Christy Turlington’s directorial debut, "No Woman, No Cry", is released in the U.S.

Tucker Carlson Fired

2023 Tucker Carlson, Fox News most popular prime-time host, is fired from the cable network [1]