- 1895 Auguste & Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience
This Year of Grace
1928 Noël Coward's musical "This Year of Grace" premieres in London
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 "The Great Ziegfeld" directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring William Powell and Luise Rainer premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1937
James Stewart in the Army
1941 James Stewart is inducted into the Army, becoming the first major American movie star to wear a military uniform in World War II
- 1944 American movie star James Stewart flies his 12th combat mission, leading the 2nd Bomb Wing in an attack on Berlin
Mr Wonderful
1956 Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, and George David Weiss's musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr. and his father Sammy Davis Sr., opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances
I Can Get It For You Wholesale
1962 Musical "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" starring Barbra Streisand in her Broadway debut, opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 300 performances
- 1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section
- 1975 Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
- 1978 The Rutles mockumentary "All You Need is Cash" debuts on NBC television
- 1986 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament
Conversations with My Father
1992 Herb Gardner's stage drama "Conversations with My Father", starring Judd Hirsch and Tony Shalhoub, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC, runs for 462 performances and a Tony Award for Hirsch
Hall of Fame
1993 André the Giant's induction into inaugural WWE Hall of Fame is announced; no ceremony takes place and he is inducted posthumously
Sunset Boulevard
1997 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's musical "Sunset Boulevard", based on the film, and starring Glenn Close closes at Minskoff, NYC, after 977 performances and 7 Tony Awards
