Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

Film and TV History on June 21

  • 1948 WNAC (now WHDH) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1957 7th Berlin International Film Festival: "12 Angry Men" wins Golden Bear
  • 1963 13th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Devil" and "Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai" win the Golden Bear (tie)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", film directorial debut of Mike Nichols, based on Edward Albee's 1962 play of the same name, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress, 1967)

  • 1968 18th Berlin International Film Festival: "Who Saw Him Die?" wins the Golden Bear
  • 1974 24th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" wins the Golden Bear

Film & TV History

1989 Black comedy "Heathers" starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty premieres at the Sundance Film Festival

Music History

1990 Little Richard [Penniman] gets a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame

Camelot

1993 Revival of Lerner and Loewe' musical "Camelot", with Robert Goulet as King Arthur, opens at Gershwin Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances

  • 2002 Disney animated movie "Lilo & Stitch" released, written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

Film & TV History

2017 Michael Bay directs Transformers: The Last Knight, which grosses $605 million worldwide

Music History

2020 Kurt Cobain's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million

Film & TV History

2022 LA jury finds Bill Cosby liable for sexual assault of a 16 year-old in 1975 at the Playboy mansion, awards victim 500,000 [1]