Edwin Booth's Stage Debut
1849 Famous American actor Edwin Booth makes his stage debut aged 15 in Richard III in Boston
Rashomon
1951 "Rashomon" by Akira Kurosawa wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
- 1954 WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, WI (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV starring James Arness
- 1956 WSYE (now WETM) TV channel 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1958 WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1962 KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1962 WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1965 WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1971 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1972 WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1974 Controversial TV drama "Born Innocent" premieres on NBC TV, starring Linda Blair as an abused teen in a juvenile detention home
- 1977 Susan Perkins (Ohio), crowned 50th Miss America 1978
Jeopardy!
1984 First episode of daily syndicated TV game show of "Jeopardy!" with Alex Trebek as host
Video Music Awards
1998 15th MTV Video Music Awards: Madonna & Will Smith win
Fight Club
1999 "Fight Club" film based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, directed by David Fincher and starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt premieres at the Venice Film Festival
Emmy Awards
2000 52nd Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Will & Grace, James Gandolfini & Sela Ward win
Film & TV History
2001 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan is awarded Actor of the Century at the Alexandria Film Festival
Crash
2004 "Crash" directed by Paul Haggis and starring Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock premieres at the Toronto Film Festival (Best Picture 2006)
Sports History
2018 Australian newspaper the "Herald Sun" criticised for "racist" cartoon of American tennis star Serena Williams
