Film Tv Events March 1 | History by KabAstro

1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)

Ol' Man River

1928 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records featuring Bing Crosby

Captain America

1941 Captain America created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is first published by Timely Comics (premiere issue released on December 20, 1940)

Stalin's Stroke

1953 After an all-night movie and dinner session with his top advisers, Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.

1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
1953 WFBG TV (later WTAJ) channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1965 WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
1972 KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
1975 Colour television transmissions begin in Australia.

Film & TV History

1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery in an extortion plot

Comedian, Actor and Filmmaker Charlie Chaplin

1979 ESPN and NCAA come to an agreement giving the network worldwide multi-media rights to NCAA championships for various sports

Music History

1985 American singer Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation

1988 Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
1993 New expansion NHL team, owned in Anaheim, CA by Disney, receives its name, inspired by the 1992 Disney movie 'The Mighty Ducks'

Grammy Awards

1994 36th Grammy Awards: "I Will Always Love You"; Whitney Houston; Sting; Toni Braxton; Mary Chapin-Carpenter win

Music History

1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert" opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for limited run of 16 performances

Stage and Screen Actor and Singer Mandy Patinkin

Film & TV History

1998 Yasmina Reza's French stage comedy "Art", starring Alan Alda, Victor Garber, and Alfred Molina opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 600 performances