1st Public TV Demonstration
1926 John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television in his laboratory in London
Saturday's Children
1927 Maxwell Anderson's play "Saturday's Children" premieres in New York City
Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts
1929 Rube Goldberg's "The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, A.K.," cartoon series first published in "Colliers Weekly"
Cimarron
1931 "Cimarron" directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne premieres in New York. 1st western to win Best Outstanding Production/Picture (1931)
31st Golden Globes
1974 31st Golden Globes: "The Exorcist", Al Pacino, & Marsha Mason win
- 1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on US TV network CBS
Sinatra Sings to 175,000
1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro
42nd Golden Globes
1985 42nd Golden Globes: "Amadeus", F. Murray Abraham, & Sally Field win
14th American Music Awards
1987 14th American Music Awards: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama win
- 1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
Phantom of the Opera
1988 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart's musical "Phantom of the Opera", directed by Hal Prince and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC ; runs for 13,981 performances, winning 7 Tony Awards, and becoming Broadway's longest-running shows
- 1992 8th Sundance Film Festival: "In the Soup" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Howard Stern Rest Stop
1995 NJ Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 American late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" debuts on ABC-TV
Blame It
2009 "Blame It (On the Alcohol)" single released by Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain (Billboard Song of the Year 2009)
- 2014 30th Sundance Film Festival: "Whiplash", directed by Damien Chazelle, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Spotify Removes Neil Young
2022 Spotify removes Neil Young's music from its streaming platform after the singer-songwriter's ultimatum in objection to COVID-19 misinformation in Joe Rogan's podcasts [1]
