- 1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for the first recorded time in the US
The Mark of Zorro
1920 First American superhero film, "The Mark of Zorro," directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks, is released in New York
Arrest of Frank Sinatra
1938 Bergen County (New Jersey) sheriff's department arrests American singer Frank Sinatra (23) on charge of "seduction", later withdrawn and amended to adultery, and shortly thereafter case dismissed
- 1952 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
By the Beautiful Sea
1954 Andrew Schwartz and Dorothy Fields' musical "By the Beautiful Sea", starring Shirley Booth, closes at the Theatre, NYC, after 270 performances
- 1960 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
- 1961 KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
Star Trek Pilot "The Cage"
1964 Filming starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage"; cast includes Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, and Majel Barret; although it never airs, some footage re-used in "Menagerie" episode of the series
Comedy with Music
1977 Victor Borge's "Comedy with Music" closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 66 performances
- 1986 Europa TV, a project of five European public service broadcasters ceases operations after exhausting its budget
- 1992 "Howard Stern Interview" television program premieres on E! Network
- 1993 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World
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