Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

Film and TV History on November 23

The Ten Commandments

1923 Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premieres in the USA

This Was a Man

1926 Noël Coward's "This Was a Man" premieres in NYC

  • 1953 KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • 1953 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1960 Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
  • 1965 The Beatles film promotional video clips for 5 of their songs at Twickenham Film Studios to provide to television outlets (in lieu of live appearances)
  • 1968 Musical revue "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth Theatre, NYC, after 44 performances
  • 1970 KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting

A Christmas Carol

1984 "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premieres in the UK

  • 1996 Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
  • 2004 World of Warcraft, multiplayer online role-playing video game released, world's most subscribed game
  • 2013 "The Day of the Doctor" 50th anniversary episode of "Doctor Who" screens on BBC One, 1st episode to feature 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi
  • 2018 Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana apologize for culturally insensitive video and media posts insulting Chinese culture, cancel Shanghai fashion show
  • 2021 NASA launches its DART Mission, to test technology to prevent future impact on earth by hazardous asteroid, by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid (in a real life echo of the movie Armageddon) [1]

Wednesday

2022 TV series "Wednesday" produced by Tim Burton, starring Jenna Ortega and Gwendoline Christie released on Netflix