Symphony of the Air
1937 Arturo Toscanini conducts the first "Symphony of the Air" concert program over NBC radio
Pal Joey
1940 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Pal Joey", starring Gene Kelly and Vivienne Segal, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (later transferring to Shubert, and then the St. James), NYC; runs for 374 performances
A Christmas Carol
1949 First television adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" debuts in American syndication; low budget 30-minute production stars Taylor Holmes and is narrated by Vincent Price
- 1954 WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
Ringo's First Drum Set
1957 17-year old Liverpudlian Richard Starkey (later known as Ringo Starr) receives his first drum set as a Christmas gift from his stepfather
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 "To Kill a Mockingbird", a film adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck, is released (Gregory Peck - Best Actor Academy Awards 1963)
- 1963 Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released
Engagement of McCartney and Asher
1967 Beatle Paul McCartney and British actress Jane Asher get engaged; engagement publicly broken six months later
- 1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade at the EPCOT Centre, Disney World Florida
- 1994 Stand-up comedy revue "Comedy Tonight", featuring Mort Sahl, Dorothy Loudon, Michael Davis, and Joy Behar, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 9 performances
- 1997 For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
Unbroken
2014 "Unbroken", drama film directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Jack O'Connell and Domhall Gleeson, released in the United States
- 2020 Historical romance "Bridgerton" debuts on Netflix based on the books by Julia Quinn, starring Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page in Season One
- 2023 Ncuti Gatwa makes his debut as the fifteenth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who", with Millie Gibson as his companion
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