- 1930 Lowell Thomas makes his debut on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
Bill of Divorcement
1932 Film "Bill of Divorcement" starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn, directed by George Cukor premieres at the Mayfair
- 1933 Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debuts
Strike Up the Band
1940 Musical film "Strike Up the Band" starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland opens
- 1946 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
Hamlet
1948 "Hamlet" directed by and starring Laurence Olivier's opens at Park Avenue Cinema (Best Picture 1949)
- 1948 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins
- 1948 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 "Front Page" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1949 "Inside USA With Chevrolet" debuts on CBS-TV
Pinky
1949 Elia Kazan's dramatic film "Pinky" starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, and Ethel Waters premieres at Rivoli Theater, NYC
Make Room for Daddy
1953 "Make Room for Daddy" starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV
Milton Berle Show
1953 "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC in the US
Barefoot Contessa
1954 "Barefoot Contessa" film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart premieres at the Capitol
- 1954 "Masquerade Party" TV game show moves from CBS to ABC for two seasons
- 1954 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 The first remake of "A Star Is Born", starring Judy Garland & James Mason premieres at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
- 1955 "Sergeant Preston" debuts on CBS
- 1956 "Oh! Susanna" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1957 "DuPont Show of the Month" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1957 "The Paul Winchell Show" debuts on ABC-TV
- 1958 "Studio One" TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
- 1958 "Texan" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1959 "Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1959 "Philip Marlowe" debuts on ABC-TV
- 1960 "Johnny Ringo" TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
- 1960 "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
- 1960 "Outlaws" TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV
- 1961 "Detectives" TV Crime Drama; moves to NBC-TV
- 1962 "Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" debuts on ABC-TV
Music History
1962 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady", adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", starring Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway, closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC, after 2,715 performances and 6 Tony Award wins
- 1963 "My Favorite Martian" starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV
- 1963 "The Judy Garland Show" debuts on CBS-TV
Tom Jones
1963 "Tom Jones" film based on the novel by Henry Fielding, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Albert Finney and Susannah York premieres at the Venice Film festival (Best Picture 1964)
- 1965 WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1969 "Bright Promise" TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV
- 1969 "Letters To Laugh-In" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1969 "Love American Style" premieres on ABC-TV
- 1969 "Name Droppers" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1969 "Sale Of Century" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1971 "McMillan & Wife" debuts on NBC-TV
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1973 Neil Simon's stage comedy "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", starring Peter Falk, Lee Grant, and Vincent Gardenia, closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NYC, after 798 performances
- 1975 American television game show "Three for the Money" hosted by Dick Enberg, debuts on NBC-TV; cancelled after 8 weeks
- 1975 Sharon Crews (now known as Sharon Dahlonega Bush) becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster on WPGR-TV in Detroit, Michigan
- 1976 "Alice" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1977 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco hits #1
- 1978 "Flying High," debuts on CBS
- 1978 "For Richer, For Poorer," TV Daytime Soap; last airs on NBC-TV
- 1979 John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at NY Film Festival
Film & TV History
1980 Actor Malcolm McDowell weds actress Mary Steenburgen
- 1982 Situation comedy "Cheers" premieres on NBC-TV, starring Ted Danson and Shelley Long
Film & TV History
1984 Elizabeth Taylor undergoes substance abuse rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Center; meets construction worker and future husband Larry Fortensky
- 1985 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," returns to NBC-TV
Amazing Stories
1985 "Amazing Stories" by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV
Zsa Zsa Gabor Convicted
1989 Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills
My Own Private Idaho
1991 Gus Van Sant's film "My Own Private Idaho" starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix premieres
- 1993 "Grace Under Fire", sitcom starring Brett Butler, debuts on ABC-TV
- 1994 Grammy Award-winning vocal group the Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1996 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
- 2000 "In the Mood for Love", Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung released
Film & TV History
2010 Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller become engaged
