Film & TV History
1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House
- 1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1965 Western sitcom "F-Troop" premieres in the US on ABC
- 1972 "The Waltons" TV program premieres on CBS starring Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, and Will Geer
- 1979 The film "Quadrophenia", loosely based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name, is released.
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
The Golden Girls
1985 "The Golden Girls", starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC
- 1985 10th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Official Story" directed by Luis Puenzo wins the People's Choice Award
- 1985 Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986
- 1986 CBS premiere of true life "The Last Days of Patton"
- 1991 16th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Fisher King" directed by Terry Gilliam wins the People's Choice Award
- 1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
- 1996 21st Toronto International Film Festival: "Shine" directed by Scott Hicks wins the People's Choice Award
- 1996 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
- 1997 49th Emmy Awards: Law & Order, Frasier, Dennis Franz & Gillian Anderson win
- 1998 British TV show "The Royle Family" written and starring Caroline Adherne and Craig Cash, also starring Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston premieres on BBC Two
- 2007 53rd National Film Awards (India): "Kaalpurush" wins the Golden Lotus
Darwin Centre Opens
2009 David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London, in what is the Museum's most significant expansion since 1881
- 2014 39th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Imitation Game" directed by Morten Tyldum wins the People's Choice Award
Music History
2017 Selena Gomez reveals she had a kidney transplant, because of lupus, donated by her friend Francia Rais
