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
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]