- 1926 First formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T's 25-station network (NBC), including flagship station WEAF in NYC
- 1932 Walt Disney Art School created
- 1935 "A Night at the Opera", comedy film directed by Sam Wood, starring the Marx Brothers, is released
- 1949 KRON-TV channel 4 in San Francisco, California (NBC) begins broadcasting; call letters a nod to the owners other business, The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper
- 1953 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, FL (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1969 The first color television commercial in the UK, for Birds Eye peas, airs on ATV in the Midlands during a Thunderbirds episode
Goodnight Vienna
1974 Ringo Starr releases singles "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in the UK
- 1978 The documentary short "Heartbeat in the Brain," created by and starring Amanda Feilding, screens at the Suydam Gallery and causes several viewers to faint during the film's climax showing a performance of the ancient practice of trepanation
- 1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
- 1980 The rollercoaster Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens at Disney World in Florida
Saturday Night Live
1986 2nd time "Saturday Night Live" uses a time delay (Sam Kinison hosts)
- 1989 "Batman" film is released on video tape
Master Class
1995 Terrence McNally's play "Master Class", starring Audra McDonald and Zoe Caldwell, opens at the John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 598 performances, winning 2 Tony Awards
- 2001 Microsoft releases the first Xbox game console in the US
- 2002 British drummer Ringo Starr inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall Of Fame [1]
- 2013 Sony launches the Playstation Four, selling one million units on the first day
Joker $1 Billion
2019 "Joker," starring Joaquin Phoenix, is the first R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide
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