- 1927 Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson's stage comedy "Tommy", starring Alan Bunce, Peg Entwistle, and Sidney Toler, closes at the Gaiety Theatre, NYC, after 232 performances
#1 in the Charts
1966 Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
Film & TV History
1975 Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends" premieres in London
Famous Photo
1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st African American Miss America, resigns after Penthouse publishes unauthorized nude photos of her
- 1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted)
Music Concert
1989 Ringo Starr's first All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Clarence Clemons, Dr. John, Billy Preston, and Jim Keltner
Music History
1994 American dancer, actor, and director Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
- 2009 42nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
Film & TV History
2015 Supreme Court rejects Bill Cosby's petition against a civil case of his alleged sexual assault of 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1974
9/11 Attack on NY's World Trade Towers
2019 US Senate passes bill championed by comedian Jon Stewart to ensure 9/11 first responders fund never runs out of money
