Pickford's Million Dollar Contract
1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract
John Murray Anderson's Almanac
1954 Musical revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", starring Harry Belafonte, Hermione Gingold, and Orson Bean, closes at Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 229 performances and a Tony Award win
- 1955 5th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Rats" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
Music History
1956 "Steve Allen Show" returns on NBC-TV
- 1956 WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1960 10th Berlin International Film Festival: "El Lazarillo de Tormes" wins Golden Bear
- 1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London
- 1966 16th Berlin International Film Festival: "Cul-de-Sac" wins the Golden Bear
- 1970 "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 Warner Bros. releases "McCabe & Mrs. Miller", a western film by Robert Altman, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, with songs by Leonard Cohen
For Your Eyes Only
1981 "For Your Eyes Only", 12th James Bond, starring Roger Moore and 1st drected by John Glen premieres in London
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland - becomes fastest film to gross over 1 billion
Film Release
2009 Michael Bay's film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is released, grossing over $832 million worldwide
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by David Slade, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres in Los Angeles
Music Concert
2010 Ringo Starr's eleventh All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Rick Derringer, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Richard Page, Wally Palmar, and Gregg Bissonette
Glastonbury Festival
2015 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Kanye West, and The Who headline; other performers include Lionel Richie, Motörhead, Burt Bacharach, The Libertines, and Pharrell Williams
