Houdini's Last Performance
1926 Harry Houdini's last performance at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan
The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour
1929 Rudy Vallee's "The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour" begins broadcasting on NBC radio
- 1948 WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 "The Manchurian Candidate," directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released
- 1976 First Toronto International Film Festival opens
- 1987 NBC technicians accept a pact and end their 118-day strike
Hero
2002 Wuxia martial arts film "Hero," directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jet Li, is released in China (US release 2004)
Mail Bombing Attempt
2018 Pipe bombs sent to prominent US Democrats, including the Obamas, Clintons, John Brennan, and CNN, are safely defused
- 2022 US Mint issues first US currency featuring the Asian-American, silent film actress Anna May Wong; coin is part of American Women Quarters Program celebrating female trailblazers [1] [2]
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