You Bet Your Life
1947 "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx premieres on ABC radio
- 1947 WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1957 WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1957 WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Music History
1962 Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller comedy revue "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 667 performances
- 1965 WCFT-TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (CBS) begins broadcasting
Wrack My Brain
1981 Ringo Starr releases single "Wrack My Brain", written and produced by George Harrison, and album "Stop and Smell the Roses" in the US
- 1988 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)
- 1991 "André Heller's Wonderhouse", starring Billy Barty, closes at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC, after 9 performances
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 Dramatic film "Leaving Las Vegas" directed by Mike Figgis and starring Nicolas Cage (Oscar for Best Actor) and Elisabeth Shue premieres
- 2002 The British ITV Network airs a regional service for the last time in England and Wales, LWT loses its identity completely
- 2019 Wes Studi is the first Native American actor to receive an Oscar, an honorary award for career achievement
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