Film Tv Events January 24 | History by KabAstro

Design for Living

1933 Noël Coward's stage comedy "Design for Living", starring Alfred Lunt; Lynn Fontanne, and Coward himself, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 155 performances

Playwright, Director and Singer Noël Coward

Gunga Din

1939 Adventure film "Gunga Din", based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is released

Actor and Naval Officer Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 "The Grapes of Wrath", directed by John Ford and based on John Steinbeck's novel of the same name, starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell, is released

1959 WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting

Rogers and Thesz Champs

1963 Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champion and Thesz becomes NWA champion

1964 CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
1966 WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV

33rd Golden Globes

1976 33rd Golden Globes: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", Jack Nicholson, & Louise Fletcher win

Apple Macintosh Personal Computer

1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer in a Super Bowl TV ad directed by Ridley Scott

Apple's revolutionary personal computer, the Macintosh

43rd Golden Globes

1986 43rd Golden Globes: "Out of Africa", Jon Voight, & Whoopi Goldberg win

1988 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
1988 4th Sundance Film Festival: "Heat and Sunlight" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
1988 NBC premiere of fact based "The Murder of Mary Phagan"