- 1954 7th Cannes Film Festival: "Gate of Hell" directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Academy Awards
1962 34th Academy Awards: "West Side Story" (Best Picture, Director, and 8 more), Sophia Loren (Two Women) & Maximilian Schell (Judgement At Nuremberg) win
- 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down
It Don't Come Easy
1971 Ringo Starr releases single "It Don't Come Easy", produced by George Harrison, in the UK
Paper Moon
1973 "Paper Moon" film starring Ryan O'Neal and his daughter, Tatum O'Neal, directed by Peter Bogdanovich premieres in Hollywood, California; Tatum O'Neal becomes youngest (age 10) Academy Award winner (Supporting Actress)
All the President's Men
1976 "All the President's Men", directed by Alan J. Pakula, based on the non-fiction book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward detailing their Watergate investigation, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, is released
Academy Awards
1979 51st Academy Awards: "The Deer Hunter", Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win
Academy Awards
1984 56th Academy Awards: "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall & Shirley Maclaine win
Academy Awards
1984 56th Academy Awards: Linda Hunt becomes the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex, Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Film & TV History
1986 TV show "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
- 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
Music Concert
1994 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Whitney Houston, Luciano Pavarotti, Aaron Neville, Tammy Wynette, Branford Marsalis, and Larry Adler
- 1995 Brian Friel's stage drama "Translations", starring Brian Dennehy, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 25 performances
BAFTA Awards
2000 53rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "American Beauty" Best Film, Pedro Almodovar Best Director
Parks and Recreation Debuts
2009 Mockumentary "Parks and Recreation" starring Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman and Aziz Ansari debuts on NBC in the US
