- 1896 American Federation of Labor (AFL) charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC
Topsy Electrocuted
1903 Topsy the elephant is electrocuted by her owners at Luna Park, Coney Island and filmed by Edison Manufacturing movie company [1]
- 1953 KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres
- 1957 "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)
- 1966 WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million to CBS
"The Twentieth Century"
1970 Weekly CBS documentary show "The Twentieth Century" hosted by Walter Cronkite ends
"Gypsy"
1975 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC. after 120 performances, and a Tony Award for Angela Lansbury
Film & TV History
1981 Victor Gialanella's stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein", starring John Carradine and Dianne Wiest, opens and closes at the Palace Theatre, NYC, after 1 performance [1]
- 1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
- 1982 Bryant Gumbel becomes co-host of NBC's "Today Show"
- 1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of NBC's "Today Show"
- 1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson, created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, premieres on NBC TV; runs for 9 seasons
- 1992 8th largest wrestling crowd NJPW Starcade (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
- 1993 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)
- 1994 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)
- 1998 Second successful revival of by Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", starring Nathan Lane, closes at St James, NYC, after 715 performances and 1 Tony Award
