- 1953 WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1954 The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin
- 1961 KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1970 20th Berlin International Film Festival cancelled due to controversy surrounding the participation of Michael Verhoeven's anti-war film "o.k."
Seinfield
1989 "Seinfield" (originally titled The Seinfeld Chronicles" screens its pilot episode starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards on NBC
