The Lost Weekend
1945 "The Lost Weekend," based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)
- 1948 KOB TV Channel 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1948 Puppet TV show "Kukla, Fran and Ollie," starring Fran Allison, debuts on NBC's WNBQ in Chicago, Illinois
- 1948 The first opera to be televised, Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello," is broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
- 1953 WSIX-TV Channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1971 First $150,000 open golf championship at Walt Disney World
1972 Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell, releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game, at Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
- 1989 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
Shogun - The Musical
1990 Paul Chihara and John Driver's musical "Shogun - The Musical", based on James Clavell's novel, opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances
- 1991 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man
The Sea Gull
1992 Revival of Anton Chekov's stage drama "The Sea Gull", starring Tyne Daly, Ethan Hawke, and Jon Voight, opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 48 performances
- 1992 Rupert Holmes' stage drama "Solitary Confinement", starring Stacy Keach, closes at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC, after 25 performances
- 1993 Revival of Robert E. Sherman's stage drama "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", starring Sam Waterston, opens at the Beaumont Theater ,NYC; runs for 40 performances
- 1995 CNNfn, a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched
- 2017 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC's "Today" show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
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