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Film and TV History on February 2

Sinatra in Indianapolis

1940 Frank Sinatra performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, his first as featured singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

  • 1950 1st broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS-TV

Fist Network President News Conference

1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC

  • 1958 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
  • 1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting

27th Golden Globes

1970 27th Golden Globes: Anne of the Thousand Days, John Wayne, & Genevieve Bujold

"Jumpers"

1972 Tom Stoppard's play "Jumpers" premieres in London

"The Midnight Special"

1973 "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC-TV; performers include Ike and Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, and George Carlin

"The Way We Were"

1974 Barbra Streisand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"

  • 1976 "Rich Little Show" debuts on NBC-TV

"The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon"

1976 "The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV

  • 1983 CBS' premiere of fact based WW2 drama "The Scarlet and the Black", based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
  • 1984 1st Soap Opera Digest Awards - "Days of Our Lives" wins

"Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood"

1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances

"The Soul Cages"

1991 Sting scores his second UK #1 album with 'The Soul Cages'

45th Miss USA

1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA

"All I Have"

2003 Jennifer Lopez starts a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "All I Have"

RuPaul's Drag Race" Premieres

2009 "RuPaul's Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV

73rd BAFTAs

2020 73rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "1917" Best Film, Sam Mendes Best Director, Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix best actors