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Film and TV History on March 4

London Assurance

1841 Dion Boucicault's stage comedy "London Assurance" opens at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London

Nosferatu

1922 1st vampire film "Nosferatu", an un-authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, premieres at the Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany

9th Academy Awards

1937 9th Academy Awards: "The Great Ziegfeld", Paul Muni & Luise Rainer wins

  • 1947 WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting

David Attenborough Heads BBC2

1965 David Attenborough becomes the new controller of BBC2

  • 1979 200th episode of "All in the Family"

Music Concert

1992 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon tapes an acoustic concert performance for "MTV Unplugged" at Kaufman-Astoria Studios in Queens, NYC

  • 1993 Katharine Hepburn admitted to hospital suffering from exhaustion
  • 2001 IRA detonates a bomb in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, injuring 11 people
  • 2006 26th Golden Raspberry Awards: Dirty Love wins
  • 2011 42nd NAACP Image Awards: "For Colored Girls" wins Outstanding Motion Picture

Broadchurch

2013 British TV drama "Broadchurch" created by Chris Chibnall, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman premieres on ITV

Academy Awards

2018 90th Academy Awards: Best Picture "The Shape of Water", Best Director Guillermo del Toro, Best Actor Gary Oldman, Best Actress France McDormand