Pal Joey
1941 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Pal Joey", starring Gene Kelly and Vivienne Segal, closes at the St. James Theatre, NYC, after 374 performances
The Lost Weekend
1945 "The Lost Weekend", based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)
- 1948 1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Metropolitain Opera House in New York City
- 1948 KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1948 Puppet TV show "Kukla, Fran, & Ollie" starring Fran Allison debuts on NBC's WNBQ in Chicago, Illinois
- 1953 WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1971 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
Pong
1972 Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
Coco the Clown
1974 Coco the Clown's [Nicolai Poliakoff] special memorial service held at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England
- 1989 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
- 1990 Paul Chihara and John Driver's musical "Shogun - The Musical", based on James Clavell's novel, opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances
- 1991 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man
Film & TV History
1992 Revival of Anton Chekov's stage drama "The Sea Gull", starring Tyne Daly, Ethan Hawke, and Jon Voight, opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 48 performances
- 1992 Rupert Holmes' stage drama "Solitary Confinement", starring Stacy Keach, closes at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC, after 25 performances
- 1993 Revival of Robert E. Sherman's stage drama "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", starring Sam Waterston, opens at the Beaumont Theater ,NYC; runs for 40 performances
- 1995 CNNfn, a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched
The Concert for George
2002 "The Concert for George", a benefit memorial to George Harrison held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, features Eric Clapton; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; Jeff Lynne; Tom Petty; Joe Brown; Anoushka Shankar; Billy Preston; and members of Monty Python
- 2017 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC's "Today" show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
