- 1953 "Tokyo Story", Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama and Setsuko Hara, is released
- 1954 Ishirō Honda's giant monster movie "Godzilla" goes into wide release in Japan; film makes a big splash, spawns three dozen related titles and sequels
1956 The 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" is televised for the first time as the finale of the Ford Star Jubilee series (CBS-TV) and is hosted by Bert Lahr and Judy Garland's 10-year-old daughter, Liza Minnelli
- 1975 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)
- 1978 First broadcast of "Different Strokes" on NBC TV
- 1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV
Film & TV History
1988 American talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping
Music History
1996 Spalding Gray's one-man show "It's a Slippery Slope" opens for a limited-run of 17 performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC
- 1997 British TV comedy "I'm Alan Partridge" starring Steve Coogan premieres on BBC Two
Music History
2019 Olivia Newton-John's black leather outfit from the film "Grease" sells for $405,700 at auction in Beverly Hills, California
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