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Film and TV History on January 22

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  • 1931 VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam
  • 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
  • 1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi, KTLA (channel 5) in Los Angeles, California begins broadcasting

11th Golden Globes

1954 11th Golden Globes: The Robe, Spencer Tracy, & Audrey Hepburn win

Actress Audrey Hepburn
Actor Spencer Tracy
  • 1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
  • 1968 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC

Sports History

1984 Apple's seminal ad for the new Microsoft computer, directed by Ridley Scott, loosely based on George Orwell's "1984", plays during the Super Bowl [1]

Film Director Ridley Scott
Writer George Orwell

Film & TV History

1985 Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA

Actress and Model Kelly Hu
  • 1987 Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism

51st Golden Globes

1994 51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Tom Hanks, & Holly Hunter win

Actor Tom Hanks
Actress Holly Hunter

O'Brien's Last Tonight Show

2010 Conan O'Brien's last The Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show timeslot

Comedian and TV Host Conan O'Brien
  • 2018 Netflix becomes the largest digital media and entertainment company in the world worth $100 billion

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