Helen Hayes Theater
1911 Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St, New York City
- 1930 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes premieres on NBC radio
- 1932 Journalist Robert Trout joins CBS
- 1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged communist influence in Hollywood
- 1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Peter Pan
1954 Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden, and Green's musical "Peter Pan," starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City and runs for 152 performances
Banana Boat (Day-O)
1955 Calypso singer Harry Belafonte records his signature tune "Day-O" (The Banana Boat Song) in New York City
Film & TV History
1955 Ira Levin's stage comedy "No Time for Sergeants," based on Mac Hyman's novel, starring Andy Griffith and featuring Don Knotts, opens at Alvin Theatre in New York City and runs for 796 performances
- 1959 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1963 WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
Golden Boy
1964 Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's musical adaptation of Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," starring Sammy Davis Jr., opens at the Majestic Theatre in New York City and runs for 569 performances
- 1967 A purported Bigfoot is filmed at Bluff Creek in Northern California by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin
- 1967 KMXN (now KJTV) TV channel 34 in Lubbock, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1969 WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1971 Melvin Van Peebles' musical "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City and runs for 325 performances
TV Show Appearance
1973 Mariette Hartley appears on "The Bob Newhart Show" in the episode "Have You Met Miss Dietz?"
- 1977 Revival of stage play "Dracula," starring Frank Langella as Dracula, premieres in New York City
Music History
1979 Bob Dylan makes his only appearance on "Saturday Night Live," performing three songs from his album Slow Train Coming: "When You Gonna Wake Up", "Gotta Serve Somebody", and "I Believe in You"
Film & TV History
1998 Comedian Richard Pryor receives the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- 2017 "Coco," a Pixar animated film, the first nine-figure budget film with an all-Latino cast, premieres at Morelia Film Festival
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