Don Juan
1926 "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore is released by Warner Bros, the 1st feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
- 1932 1st Venice Film Festival opens, the world's oldest film festival
Dinah Shore Show
1939 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
- 1940 German occupiers in Belgium impose censorship rules on film making and exhibition
- 1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 After going bankrupt in 1955, the American national broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena
The Twist Dance Craze
1960 Chubby Checker performs his version of Hank Ballard's "The Twist" on "The Dick Clark Show", starting a worldwide dance craze
Damn Yankees
1995 Revival of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical comedy '"Damn Yankees", starring Jerry Lewis and Bebe Neuwirth, closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 519 performances
Film & TV History
2015 American comedian Jon Stewart hosts late-night talk and satirical news program "The Daily Show" for the last time
Film & TV History
2018 Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify remove conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from their platforms
Barbie Passes $1 Billion
2023 "Barbie" film passes $1 billion at the global box office - its director Greta Gerwig is the first solo female filmmaker to do so [1]
