Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914 First feature-length silent film comedy "Tillie's Punctured Romance" ia released, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
- 1925 "Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov, premieres in Moscow
Coco the Clown
1929 Coco the Clown first appears for Bertram Mills Circus in Manchester, England
Fox Signs Shirley Temple
1933 Fox Films signs five-year-old Shirley Temple to a studio contract
Zouzou
1934 French film "Zouzou" premieres in Paris, starring Josephine Baker; 1st black woman to star in a major motion picture
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles
Samson and Delilah
1949 Biblical film "Samson and Delilah" premieres in New York, directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature
Out of This World
1950 Cole Porter's musical "Out of This World" an adaptation of Titus Plautus's mythological comedy Amphitryon, starring George Gaynes, opens at New Century Theater, NYC; runs for 157 performances
- 1952 WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 2nd National Film Awards (India): "Mirza Ghalib" wins the Golden Lotus
King of Hearts
1966 French-Italian comic-drama film "King of Hearts" (Le Roi de cœur) directed by Philippe de Broca, and starring Alan Bates premieres in France; achieves cult film status when it reaches US art houses in 1973
Ross's Final Supreme Appearance
1969 Diana Ross' final TV appearance as a Supreme on "The Ed Sullivan Show", performing “Someday We’ll Be Together", after which Sullivan announced her upcoming departure from the group
- 1970 WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1975 Louis LaRusso II's stage drama "Lampost Reunion", starring Danny Aiello, closes at the Little Theatre, NYC, after 77 performances
Gangnam Style
2012 "Gangnam Style" by Psy becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube
Flavor Flav Opens Restaurant
2012 Rapper Flavor Flav opens Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs causal restaurant in Sterling Heights, Michigan - closes July 2013
Dangal
2016 Indian sports drama film "Dangal," directed by Nitesh Tiwari and starring Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, and Sanya Malhotra, premieres as the first Indian film to earn $300 million worldwide
Over the Rainbow
2020 Hawaiian vocalist Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's official music video for his rendition of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's "Over the Rainbow" reaches a billion views on YouTube
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