The Court-Singer
1899 Frank Wedekind's play "Der Kammersänger" (The Court-Singer) premieres in Berlin
- 1926 First radio broadcast in Springfield, Illinois (WCBS) [1]
- 1952 WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
John Murray Anderson's Almanac
1953 Musical revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", starring Harry Belafonte, Hermione Gingold, and Orson Bean, opens at Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 229 performances, with Belafonte earning a Tony Award
- 1953 WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins
Osmond Debuts on Andy Williams
1963 6-year old Donny Osmond's singing debut on "The Andy Williams Show"
The Ed Sullivan Theater
1967 CBS officially renames CBS-TV Studio 50 in New York (built in 1927 as Hammerstein's Theatre), as "The Ed Sullivan Theater" in celebration of the 20th anniversary of his program
Lucasfilm Founded
1971 Lucasfilm Ltd. is founded as a film and television production company by George Lucas in San Francisco, California
Funk vs. Brisco
1975 Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, Florida to become NWA wrestling champ
- 1987 "Nightline" is seen in USSR for 1st time
- 1993 "Doom" pioneering first-person shooter video game is uploaded onto the internet by id Software
BBC Music Awards
2015 "Take Me to Church" by Hozier wins Song of the Year at the BBC Music Awards
Rogue One
2016 "Rogue One", 1st of the Star Wars Anthology films, directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, premieres in Los Angeles
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