- 1881 Chicago Tribune reports on a televideo experiment
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 "A Streetcar Named Desire", film directed by Elia Kazan based on Tennessee Williams' 1947 play of the same name, starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, premieres at the Warner Theater, NYC
- 1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still", science fiction film directed by Robert Wise, and starring Michael Rennie, opens
- 1954 KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (ABC) 1st broadcast
- 1957 US Western TV drama "Wagon Train" premieres
The Addams Family
1964 TV sitcom series "The Addams Family", starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy premieres on ABC; runs for two seasons
Get Smart
1965 Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's spy spoof sitcom "Get Smart" starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt, debuts on NBC-TV
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 TV sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC
Funny Girl
1968 "Funny Girl" biopic film based on life of Fanny Brice premieres, directed by William Wyler, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
- 1977 2nd Toronto International Film Festival opens
- 1978 "WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station debuts on CBS
- 1982 7th Toronto International Film Festival: "Tempest" directed by Paul Mazursky wins the People's Choice Award
- 1983 Action series "Hardcastle and McCormick" premieres on ABC in the US
- 1983 Kiss' first "unmasked" (no make up) appearance on MTV
Music History
1985 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Song and Dance", starring Bernadette Peters, opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 474 performances and a Tony Award for Peters
- 1985 TV spy/crime drama "The Equalizer" starring Edward Woodward debuts in the US on CBS
Fatal Attraction
1987 Film thriller "Fatal Attraction" directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close is released
- 1993 18th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Snapper" directed by Stephen Frears wins the People's Choice Award
- 1993 Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994
Rush Hour
1998 "Rush Hour" directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker released - Jackie Chan's Hollywood breakthrough
Toronto Film Festival
1999 24th Toronto International Film Festival: "American Beauty" directed by Sam Mendes wins the People's Choice Award
- 2004 29th Toronto International Film Festival: "Hotel Rwanda" directed by Terry George wins the People's Choice Award
Emmy Awards
2005 57th Emmy Awards: Lost, Everybody Loves Raymond, James Spader & Patricia Arquette win
- 2006 Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, in which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections.
- 2009 The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.
- 2011 36th Toronto International Film Festival: "Where Do We Go Now?" directed by Nadine Labaki wins the People's Choice Award (Drama)
Emmy Awards
2011 63rd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family, Kyle Chandler & Julianna Margulies win
Film & TV History
2014 Emma Watson delivers an address to a standing ovation at UN Headquarters in New York City, helping launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate for gender equality
Emmy Awards
2017 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elisabeth Moss, Sterling K. Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win
Emmy Awards
2018 70th Emmy Awards: "Games of Thrones". "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew Rhys, Claire Foy, Bill Hader win
Toronto Film Festival
2022 Steven Spielberg's film "The Fabelmans" wins The People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival
