- 1929 1st color Television demo, performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC
- 1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 "Captain Video & His Video Rangers" debut on DUMONT-TV - Television's first sci-fi series
- 1955 "Julius LaRosa Show" debuts on CBS-TV
8th Berlin Film Festival
1958 8th Berlin International Film Festival: Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries" wins Golden Bear
West Side Story
1959 Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Jerome Robbins' musical "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 734 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
- 1966 Dark Shadows, American Gothic soap opera, premieres on ABC-TV
Film & TV History
1972 Legendary video game and home computer Atari, Inc. founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, California
Live & Let Die
1973 "Live & Let Die", 8th James Bond Film, 1st to star Roger Moore, also starring Jane Seymour, 1st released in the US
#1 in the Charts
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot
Daytime Emmy Awards
1984 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
Labyrinth
1986 Jim Henson's fantasy film "Labyrinth" written by Terry Jones, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly is released in the US
- 1987 "The Living Daylights", 15th James Bond film, 1st film to star Timothy Dalton premieres in London
- 1991 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
Gray's Anatomy
1994 Spalding Gray's one-man show "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
- 1995 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears
Glastonbury Festival
1997 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Prodigy, and Radiohead headline; other performers include Smashing Pumpkins, Ray Davies, Van Morrison, Sting, Beck, Phish, and Nanci Griffith
Seacrest to Host Wheel of Fortune
2023 Ryan Seacrest announced as the new host of "Wheel of Fortune", to replace long-time host Pat Sajak in 2024 [1]
