- 1906 First permanent movie theater in Canada, The Ouimetoscope, is opened by Léo Ouimet in Montreal, Quebec
- 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie "African Journey", shown on TV, NYC
- 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting
- 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
Paul Harvey
1951 Chicago broadcaster Paul Harvey begins his national radio program "Paul Harvey News and Comment" from WENR-AM for the ABC network
- 1953 The first TV detector van, used to track down users of unlicensed television sets, begins operation in the UK
- 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 NBC broadcasts 1st live color US coast-to-coast telecast, the Tournament of Roses Parade, from Pasadena, California
- 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
- 1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins
- 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, Nebraska (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
"Top of the Pops"
1964 "Top of the Pops", British pop music television program premieres; acts performing include Dusty Springfield; The Rolling Stones; Dave Clark Five: The Hollies; Swinging Blue; and The Beatles
- 1964 KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
Murphy Joins US Senate
1965 American actor George Murphy begins his term as US Senator from California
- 1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
- 1968 Netherlands gets color TV
- 1968 WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1972 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
- 1976 NBC replaces "peacock" logo with large block "N"; Design of new logo approached $1M, and was subject to copyright infringement suit costing NBC an additional $800K
Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
1978 Alex Bradford, Vinnette Carroll, and Micki Grant's musical "Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God" closes at Lyceum Theatre, NYC, after 429 performances and 1 Tony Award
Streisand and Peters Part
1986 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends
- 1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
- 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
- 1993 "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige from novel by Lilian Lee starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li premieres in Hong Kong (Cannes Palme d'Or 1993)
Stern's Beauty Pageant
1994 Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant
Film & TV History
2010 Javier Bardem marries Spanish actress Penélope Cruz in The Bahamas
- 2018 Initiative of 300 Hollywood women called "Time's Up" announced to fight sexual harassment
- 2018 Japanese actress and former porn star Sora Aoi announces her engagement
Film & TV History
2018 Javier Bardem becomes the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica
Jeremy Renner's Snowplow Accident
2023 Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1]
