- 1940 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 Film adaptation of Betty Smith's novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" premieres; director Elia Kazan's first feature film stars Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner
8th Golden Globes
1951 8th Golden Globes: "Sunset Boulevard", Jose Ferrer, & Gloria Swanson win
Golden Globes
1957 14th Golden Globes: The King and I, Kirk Douglas, & Ingrid Bergman win
Golden Globes
1966 23rd Golden Globes: "Doctor Zhivago", Omar Sharif, & Samantha Eggar win
- 1984 British satirical puppet show "Spitting Image" premieres on ITV
- 1988 British television programme "That's Life!" surprises guest Nicholas Winton with an audience full of grown-up children that he saved from German-occupied Czechoslovakia, bringing them to safety in the UK
- 1989 Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
Film & TV History
1993 7th American Comedy Award: Jerry Seinfeld
Film & TV History
2016 36th Razzies Awards: "Fifty Shades of Grey" wins worst film, worst actor and actress
Academy Awards
2016 88th Academy Awards: Best Picture - "Spotlight", Best Director - Alejandro G. Iñárritu ("The Revenant"), Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Revenant"), Best Actress - Brie Larson ("Room")
Film & TV History
2019 YouTube announces it will stops all comments on videos featuring children because of paedophiles leaving inappropriate comments
Golden Globes
2021 78th Golden Globes: Best film "Nomadland" (drama), "Borat" (comedy), Best TV series "The Crown", Chadwick Boseman posthumously wins film Best Actor
Oprah Leaves WeightWatchers
2024 Oprah Winfrey says she is stepping down from the board of WeightWatchers and selling her shares, months after she confirmed taking prescription weight-loss drugs [1]
