Columbus Day Riot
1944 "Columbus Day Riot": 30,000 fans descend on NYC's Times Square for singer Frank Sinatra's performance at Paramount Theatre (capacity 3,500)
Television Debut
1950 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts on CBS television, airs until 1958
- 1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1960 Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma is assassinated with a sword during a televised debate live on TV by 17-year old nationalist Otoya Yamaguchi
- 1964 KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins
- 1964 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin
- 1964 WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Noël Coward's Sweet Potato
1968 "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore Theater, NYC, after 17 performances
- 1969 KHOF (now KAGL) TV channel 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, California (IND) begins
Your Arms are Too Short to Box With God
1980 Revival of Alex Bradford, Vinnette Carroll, and Micki Grant's "Your Arms are Too Short to Box With God", based on the Bible's Book of Matthew, and featuring Jennifer Holliday, closes at the Ambassador Theatre, NYC, after 149 performances
Hitman Beats Flair
1992 Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF heavyweight title
- 1993 Richard Baer's stage play "Mixed Emotions", starring Harold Gould and Katherine Helmond, opens at the John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 48 performances
Film & TV History
1994 DreamWorks SKG film studio is founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg, former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, and music executive David Geffen
- 2006 United States Postal Service designates facility in Green River, Wyoming, as the "Curt Gowdy Post Office Building," honoring the noted broadcaster
Alex Jones Defamation Trial
2022 American conspiracy theorist, radio host, and provocateur Alex Jones ordered by a Connecticut defamation trial jury to pay $965 million to families of those killed in 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School for falsely and repeatedly claiming on his broadcasts that none of the 20 children and six adults killed had actually died and that their relatives were crisis actors [1]
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
2023 Concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” premieres at the Grove Shopping Complex in Los Angeles [1]
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