Film Release
1927 Samuel Rothafel opens the 5,920 seat Roxy Theater in New York City, with silent film "The Love of Sunya" starring Gloria Swanson; largest movie theatre at the time of construction
A Raisin in the Sun
1959 Lorraine Hansberry's stage drama "A Raisin in the Sun", 1st Broadway play by a black woman, starring Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; later transfers to the Belasco Theatre; runs for 530 performances
- 1964 21st Golden Globes: The Cardinal, Sidney Poitier, & Leslie Caron win
Film & TV History
1964 Gene Roddenberry brings together a 16-page pitch for the original Star Trek series
Grammy Awards
1970 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius; Crosby Stills & Nash; Peggy Lee win
People's Choice Awards
1983 9th People's Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn win (Motion Picture) and Tom Selleck, Linda Evans and Loretta Swit win (TV)
People's Choice Awards
1990 16th People's Choice Awards: Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Phylicia Rashad win (TV)
People's Choice Awards
1991 17th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Kirstie Alley win (TV)
Music History
1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records
Music History
2008 Plácido Domingo named "The King of Singers" in BBC Music Magazine, based on voting by 16 renowned opera critics for the April 2008 issue
Film & TV History
2018 Superhero movie "The Black Panther" becomes the fifth Marvel movie to earn $1 billion worldwide
Film & TV History
2020 Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York
