- 1933 Marx Brothers film "Duck Soup," directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers, is released in the US
Very Warm for May
1939 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "Very Warm for May", featuring June Allyson, Eve Arden, and Vera-Ellen, and directed by Vincente Minnelli opens at the Alvin Theatre, NYC; runs for 59 performances, inspiring 9-year-old audience member Stephen Sondheim's love for musical theater
- 1947 The Screen Actors Guild in the US implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath
- 1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, West Virginia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
Little Me
1962 Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's musical "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 257 performances
- 1968 "Heidi Game", NBC cuts to show "Heidi" and misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
TV Show Appearance
1968 Beatle George Harrison makes cameo appearance on American television's "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
- 1968 KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Elton John's Live Studio Concert
1970 Elton John performs a live studio concert broadcast for WABC in New York City, later released as his 11-17-70 album
Film & TV History
1973 Teri Garr plays new nurse, Lt Suzanne Marquetten, on "The Sniper" episode of TV series M*A*S*H
- 1977 Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
Salem's Lot
1979 "Salem's Lot", American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King, premieres in the United States
- 1980 WHHM Television in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American public-broadcasting television station
- 1985 NBC's premiere of controversial TV thriller "Hostage Flight"
Oh, Coward!
1986 Musical revue "Oh, Coward!" featuring the songs of Noël Coward, opens at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances
- 1988 Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
- 1988 Neil Simon's "Rumors" premieres in NYC
- 1991 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
- 1992 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
- 1998 Tori Amos release a compilation of her videos, "Tori Amos: The Complete Collection: 1992-1998"
Rent
2005 Film adaptation of Joanthan Larson's musical "Rent", starring Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, premieres at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC
Film & TV History
2018 "Danny DeVito Day" observed in the state of New Jersey, championed by Asbury Park mayor John Moor
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