Steamboat Willie
1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released, the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon
- 1932 The Disney cartoon Flowers & Trees is the first cartoon to receive an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Death of a Salesman
1950 Arthur Miller's stage drama "Death of a Salesman", starring Lee J. Cobb and Arthur Kennedy, and directed by Elia Kazan, closes at Morosco Theatre, NYC, after 742 performances, a Pulitzer Prize and 6 Tony Award wins
- 1951 Former Cubs first baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1974 "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" album by English progressive rock band Genesis is released, their last to feature original frontman Peter Gabriel
- 1982 Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
- 1983 MGM/UA releases nostalgic holiday film "A Christmas Story", starring Peter Billingsley and Darren McGavin, based on anecdotes from humorist Jean Shepherd
- 1984 NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime mystery "Fatal Vision", based on Joe McGinnis' novel about Jefferey MacDonald and the 1970 murders of his then-pregnant wife and two children
Nirvana Records MTV Unplugged
1993 American rock band Nirvana films a mostly acoustic set at Sony Music Studios in New York City, for the television series MTV Unplugged
- 1993 WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
Star Trek: Generations
1994 "Star Trek: Generations" film directed by David Carson and starring Patrick Stewart premieres
- 1995 Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano (19), of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
- 1996 "Star Trek: First Contact" film directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes premieres
- 1997 "Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture" album is released by Sony Music Soundtrax
- 2011 Video game Minecraft is officially released by Mojang
2015 "Kangaroo Dundee" wildlife TV series premieres featuring Brolga and Roger the ripped Kangaroo on BBC Two
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