- 1852 Charles Reade and Tom Taylor's historical comedy play "Masks & Faces" premieres in London
- 1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Rope Dancers
1957 Morton Wishengrad's dramatic play "Rope Dancers", starring Art Carney, Siobhán McKenna, and Theodore Bikel, premieres at Cort Theatre, NYC; runs for 189 performances
Muppets Begin
1958 American puppeteers Jim Henson and his future wife Jane Nebel establish Muppets, Inc. (now known as The Jim Henson Company)
- 1959 WABC fires Alan Freed over his refusal to swear innocence in payola scandal (accepting bribes from record companies)
- 1961 WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1965 WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1970 Jennifer Hosten from Grenada is the first Black woman crowned Miss World. The event at the Royal Albert Hall in London is interrupted by women's liberation activists. [1]
- 1980 United Artists withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for re-editing
A Soldier's Play
1981 Charles Fuller's stage drama "A Soldier's Play", featuring Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson, opens at Theater Four, NYC; runs for 468 performances, wins Pulitzer Prize
Stop and Smell the Roses
1981 Ringo Starr releases album "Stop and Smell the Roses" in the UK
Terms of Endearment
1983 "Terms of Endearment" from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)
- 1983 100 million watch ABC TV movie "The Day After" about nuclear war
Marilyn: An American Fable
1983 Musical "Marilyn: An American Fable", loosely based on life of Marilyn Monroe, starring Alyson Reed and Scott Bakula, opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 17 performances
Ivanov
1997 Revival of Anton Chekov's stage drama "Ivanov", starring Kevin Kline, opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 51 performances
Amitabh Bachchan
2018 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan confirms he has paid off the debts of 1,398 farmers worth $560,000 amid the Indian agricultural crisis
Iger Returns
2022 Disney announces Bob Iger's return as chief executive less than a year after he retired from the company [1]
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