Priscilla Meets Elvis
1959 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu meets 24-year-old Elvis Presley at a party at his home in Bad Nauheim, Germany
- 1964 WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
Scooby-Doo Where are You
1969 "Scooby-Doo Where are You" by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US
- 1971 WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
- 1973 US Congress passes & sends a bill to President Nixon to lift NFL football's television blackout of sold out games
- 1974 1st broadcast of "The Rockford Files" on NBC-TV
- 1980 5th Toronto International Film Festival: "Bad Timing" directed by Nicolas Roeg wins the People's Choice Award
Emmy Awards
1981 33rd Emmy Awards: "Taxi", "Hill Street Blues"; Judd Hirsch and Isabel Sanford win
Film & TV History
1985 Super Mario Bros game first appears, created by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo
- 1986 11th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Decline of the American Empire" directed by Denys Arcand wins the People's Choice Award
- 1986 Kellye Cash (Tenn), 21, crowned 60th Miss America 1987
- 1997 22nd Toronto International Film Festival: "The Hanging Garden" directed by Thom Fitzgerald wins the People's Choice Award
- 1997 Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998
- 1998 50th Emmy Awards: The Practice, Frasier, Andre Braugher & Christine Lahti win
- 2003 28th Toronto International Film Festival: "Zatoichi" directed by Takeshi Kitano wins the People's Choice Award
Supernatural
2005 "Supernatural" debuts on The WB starring Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki - longest-running North American fantasy series
Toronto Film Festival
2008 33rd Toronto International Film Festival: "Slumdog Millionaire" directed by Danny Boyle wins the People's Choice Award
Film & TV History
2017 Actress Rebel Wilson awarded $4.56 million in damages in libel case against Bauer Media in Melbourne, largest defamation payout in Australia
Film & TV History
2019 US actress Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in the college admissions scandal
