United Artists Founded
1919 Hollywood film studio United Artists founded by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith
- 1924 Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips"
"The General"
1927 "The General", American silent film starring Buster Keaton and Marion Mack, co-directed by Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, premieres in New York City
- 1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in San Francisco
- 1936 "Modern Times", silent film directed by, written by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released
"Woman of the Year"
1942 "Woman of the Year" film directed by George Stevens, starring Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy opens at Radio City Music Hall, NYC
"Captain American"
1944 "Captain America" serial film premieres starring Dick Purcell, first appearance of a Marvel superhero outside of a comic book
5th Emmy Awards
1953 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes win
- 1954 WCDC-TV channel 19 in Adams, Massachusetts (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
- 1967 "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" variety show premieres on CBS TV [1]
- 1968 KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1969 "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly
- 1970 WSCV TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
28th Golden Globes
1971 28th Golden Globes: "Love Story", George C. Scott, & Ali MacGraw win
Aquino and Marcos on "Nighline"
1986 Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"
André the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan
1988 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs, André the Giant defeats Hulk Hogan
- 1990 Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC)
Stern Kisses Marshall
1991 Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Super Bowl
- 1994 "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV
- 1997 Brook Lee from Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
- 2004 54th Berlin International Film Festival: "Head-On" wins the Golden Bear
- 2009 59th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Milk of Sorrow" wins the Golden Bear
Flavor Flav, Elton John Ad
2012 Flavor Flav and Elton John appear in a Pepsi Co. ad during Super Bowl XLVI
Wojcicki YouTube CEO
2014 Google Vice President Susan Wojcicki is named CEO of YouTube
- 2015 65th Berlin International Film Festival: "Taxi" wins the Golden Bear
