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Film and TV History on June 26

The Gold Rush

1925 "The Gold Rush", directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released

  • 1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast
  • 1959 9th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Cousins" wins Golden Bear
  • 1962 WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1964 14th Berlin International Film Festival: "Dry Summer" wins the Golden Bear
  • 1971 21st Berlin International Film Festival: "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" wins the Golden Bear

Moonraker

1979 "Moonraker", 11th James Bond film starring Roger Moore, premieres in London

Stripes

1981 "Stripes", American military comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and John Candy premieres

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012 Animated film "Ice Age: Continental Drift", directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Buenos Aires

  • 2012 Police procedural drama "Line of Duty" debuts on BBC 2 in the UK

The Moment of Truth

2013 Peter Ustinov's "The Moment of Truth" opens at Southwark Playhouse in London starring Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)

Film & TV History

2019 Former Gambian beauty queen Fatou "Toufah" Jallow says she was raped by former President Yahya Jammeh as part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report

Spirited Away

2019 Japanese animation film "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki is released in China and tops the box office, 18 years after its initial release