Today's 8 November Film TV in History

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Sarah Bernhardt Debuts

1880 French actress Sarah Bernhardt makes her US debut at NY's Booth Theater

1935 "Mutiny on the Bounty" directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936)

  • 1939 Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's stage comedy "Life with Father" opens at Empire Theatre, NYC, later transferring to the Bijou, and then the Alvin Theatre; runs for 3224 performances

All The King's Men

1949 "All The King's Men" based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer winning novel, directed by Robert Rossen and starring Broderick Crawford premieres in New York (Best Picture 1950)

  • 1958 Gian Carlo Menotti's musical drama "Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 5 performances
  • 1959 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • 1964 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1965 US soap opera "Days of Our Lives" premieres

Reagan Elected Governor

1966 Movie actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California

  • 1972 Premium cable channel HBO (Home Box Office) is launched in America
  • 1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds, a forerunner to "Nightline"

Romantic Comedy

1979 Bernard Slade's stage comedy "Romantic Comedy", starring Mia Farrow and Anthony Perkins, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 396 performances

  • 1989 "Byker Grove" begins broadcasting on the BBC
  • 1990 Gina Marie Tolleson of USA, 21, crowned 40th Miss World
  • 1990 John Guare's stage drama "6 Degrees of Separation" starring Stockard Channing and Courtney B. Vance, opens at Vivian Beaumont Theatre, NYC; runs for 485 performances and a Tony Award
  • 1992 Rupert Holmes' stage drama "Solitary Confinement", starring Stacy Keach, opens at the Nederlander Theater, NYC; runs for 25 performances
  • 1995 Comedy revue "Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices" opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances

CNN

2018 CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle the microphone off him

Sexiest Man Alive

2022 Actor Chris Evans is named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive and says “My mom will be so happy. She's proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about.” [1]


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