Mayer's 1st Theater
1907 Scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater in Haverhill, Massachusetts
- 1948 Edited film serial "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV, later becoming the 1st network western series on NBC
Ladies of the Corridor
1953 Dorothy Parker and Arnaud d'Usseau's black comedy stage play "Ladies of the Corridor" closes at the Longacre Theatre, New York City, after 45 performances
- 1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, Kansas (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1955 KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, Hawaii (IND), begins broadcasting
- 1955 KTHV TV channel 11 (CBS affiliate) in Little Rock, Arkansas, begins broadcasting
Look Homeward, Angel
1957 "Look Homeward, Angel", a play based on the book by Thomas Wolfe, adapted by Ketti Frings and starring Anthony Perkins, premieres in New York City
- 1958 KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, South Dakota (ABC), begins broadcasting
- 1959 KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook, Nebraska (NBC), begins broadcasting
- 1960 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
- 1963 WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville, Alabama (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1975 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes
Briefcase Full of Blues
1978 Atlantic Records releases "Briefcase Full of Blues," the debut album by The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi); the album tops the chart and becomes the best-selling blues record of all time
- 1993 Richard Baer's stage play "Mixed Emotions," starring Harold Gould and Katherine Helmond, closes at the John Golden Theatre in New York City after 48 performances
- 1997 200th and final episode of original "Beavis and Butt-head" airs on MTV
- 2017 India's Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film "Padmavati" [1]
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