- 1949 WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 Musical comedy film "The Girl Can't Help It," starring Jayne Mansfield with cameos by rock 'n' roll stars Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent, premieres
- 1957 Meredith Willson's musical "The Music Man", starring Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 1375 performances, wins 5 Tony and a Grammy Award
- 1964 "Gertrud", Danish film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe and Ebbe Rode, is released in France
- 1968 WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1971 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story" as a TV movie that evolves into long running series "The Waltons"
1971 Stanley Kubrick's film and cult classic "A Clockwork Orange" based on the book by Anthony Burgess and starring Malcolm McDowell premieres
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 "The Man with the Golden Gun", 9th James Bond film, starring Roger Moore, Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee, premieres in London
Miramax Films
1979 Miramax Films is founded by brothers Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein in Los Angeles, California; the firm is named after their parents
Platoon
1986 "Platoon" directed by Oliver Stone, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe is released (Academy Awards Best Picture & Best Director)
Alice
1992 Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and Kathleen Brennan's avant garde opera "Alice", based on the life and work of Lewis Carroll, premieres at the Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
Once Upon a Mattress
1996 Revival of Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress", starring Sarah Jessica Parker, opens at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC; runs for 188 performances
The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 First Lord of the Rings film "The Fellowship of the Ring" is released and earns $47 million during its opening weekend and $871 million worldwide at the box office
Ferguson's Last Late Late Show
2014 Craig Ferguson's final appearance as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS, after 2,058 episodes
- 2015 Third Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by ABC, held in Goffstown, New Hampshire
Got Back Tour Finale
2024 Paul McCartney wraps up his 'Got Back' tour at London's O2 Arena, with guest appearances from Ron Wood during "Get Back", and Ringo Starr drumming on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Helter Skelter"
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