How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 First CinemaScope technology film, "How to Marry a Millionaire" directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, and Marilyn Monroe release is delayed to allow "The Robe" to debut the format
The Nat King Cole Show
1956 "The Nat King Cole Show" debuts on NBC, the first variety program to be hosted by an African-American
- 1958 Gian Carlo Menotti's musical drama "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
- 1958 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
Stone Pillow
1985 CBS premieres "Stone Pillow", a dramatic made-for-TV movie starring Lucille Ball as a homeless woman
- 1988 "Kokomo" single by The Beach Boys from the film "Cocktail" goes to #1
- 1988 "Kokomo", single by the Beach Boys from the film "Cocktail" tops the charts, their first hit in 20 years, and to date their latest
- 1992 Revival of George Kelly's 1924 play "The Show Off", starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, NYC; runs for 45 performances
Trial of Interest
1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages
- 2018 BBC opens its largest news bureau outside the UK in Nairobi, Kenya with 300 journalists
Self-Partnered
2019 Actress Emma Watson, interviewed in Vogue magazine, says she is happy to be single, stating, "I call it being self-partnered," launching a worldwide discussion on the term
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