Ben Jonson Arrested After Duel
1598 Playwright and poet Ben Jonson is arrested and jailed for manslaughter as the result of a duel where he killed actor Gabriel Spenser [1]
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1913 George M. Cohan's play "Seven Keys to Baldpate" premieres in NYC
- 1949 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast
Britain's First-Ever TV Ad
1955 Commercial television begins in the UK with the launch of ITV, soon airs the 1st advert on UK TV, for Gibbs SR toothpaste
- 1955 On BBC radio Grace Archer is killed in a barn fire on Brookfield Farm - the BBC denies this was to spoil the launch of rival network ITV
Maverick
1957 Western comedy series "Maverick" premieres on ABC television starring James Garner
- 1958 KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1964 "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." premieres starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum on NBC-TV: open channel D
- 1966 KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
- 1969 "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
Charlie's Angels
1976 TV drama "Charlie's Angels" starring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and John Forsythe debuts
Family Ties
1982 TV sitcom "Family Ties" starring Michael J. Fox premieres on NBC
- 1985 37th Emmy Awards: "Cagney & Lacey", "The Cosby Show" and Tyne Daly win
Full House
1987 US TV series "Full House" starring Bob Saget and John Stamos debuts
Baywatch
1989 TV drama "Baywatch" starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson debuts on NBC
Friends
1994 "Friends" TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman debuts on NBC, starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer
The West Wing
1999 "The West Wing" created by Alan Sorkin and starring Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe and Richard Schiff, debuts on NBC
Emmy Awards
2002 54th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Friends, Michael Chiklis and Allison Janney win
Two and a Half Men
2003 TV sitcom "Two and a Half Men" premieres starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer, created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn
Lost
2004 "Lost" created by J.J. Abrams and starring Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly debuts on ABC in the US
Film & TV History
2004 Teen noir series "Veronica Mars" created by Rob Thomas and starring Kristen Bell premieres on UPN in the US
NCIS LA Premieres
2009 Crime drama "NCIS LA" starring Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, and Daniela Ruah premieres on CBS
Emmy Awards
2013 65th Prime time Emmy Awards: "Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" win
Emmy Awards
2019 71st Emmy Awards: "Fleabag", "Game Of Thrones", "Chernobyl", Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jharrel Jerome win
- 2019 Billy Porter becomes the first openly gay actor to win an Emmy for lead actor in a drama series for "Pose"
