Film Tv Events January 15 | History by KabAstro

"The Last Days of Mankind"

1919 Frank Wedekind's play "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (The Last Days of Mankind)" premieres

"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

1948 "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", film based on B. Traven's novel, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart premieres

1956 KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 New York Yankees announce that 140 MLB games to be televised on WPIX TV this season in a deal worth over $1 million dollars

Gordy Signs Supremes

1961 Berry Gordy signs The Supremes to Motown Records

Founder of Motown Records and Songwriter Berry Gordy

Coco The Clown

1962 Coco the Clown [Nicolai Poliakoff] is the subject of the BBC TV programme "This is Your Life"

Rolling Stones Alter Lyrics for Show

1967 Rolling Stones appear for the fifth time on the Ed Sullivan Show, reluctantly agree to alter lyrics of "Let's Spend The Night Together" [1] [2]

1968 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 TV drama "Emergency" with Randolph Mantooth and Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV

"Happy Days"

1974 TV sitcom "Happy Days" created by Garry Marshall and starring Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, and Tom Bosley, begins an 11 year run on ABC

Film Director and Producer Garry Marshall

Diller's Hollywood Star

1975 Pioneering American female comedian Phyllis Diller gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1975 Space Mountain opens at Disney World in Orlando, Florida
1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"
1981 Police drama "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
1985 CBS' premiere of TV made teen drug abuse drama, "Not My Kid", based on the previous year's book by Beth Polson
1986 Living Seas opens (Disneyland)
1988 NFL analyst Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes several questionable comments about African Americans during a lunchtime interview on CBS' NFL Today; fired the next day
1989 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins the Golden CableACE for "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam"
1989 Big John Studd wins WWF's 2nd Royal Rumble
1990 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards: Santa Barbara wins
1993 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV