- 1913 US Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
Emmy Awards
1963 15th Emmy Awards: "The Dick Van Dyke Show", E G Marshall & Shirley Booth win
Daytime Emmy Awards
1993 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
- 1996 Revival of William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC after 65 performances
Cannes Film Festival
2002 55th Cannes Film Festival: "The Pianist" directed by Roman Polanski wins the Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival
2013 66th Cannes Film Festival: "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" directed by Abdellatif Kechiche wins the Palme d'Or. The two main actresses in the film, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux also awarded
Film & TV History
2013 Joss Whedon is awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from Wesleyan University
- 2021 Amazon says it will buy 97-year-old film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $8.45 billion
