Judy Garland's Debut
1924 Frances Gumm (later Judy Garland), age 2½, billed as 'Baby Frances', makes her show business debut at her father's vaudeville theater in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
The Cradle Will Rock
1947 Marc Blitzstein's play with music "The Cradle Will Rock", directed by Orson Welles, opens at Mansfield Theater, NYC; runs for 34 performances
The African Queen
1951 "The African Queen", directed by John Huston and based on the 1935 novel of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, is released in LA, California (Academy Awards Best Actor 1952)
Wild Strawberries
1957 Swedish film "Wild Strawberries" is released, written and directed by legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, considered one of his best
Funny Girl
1965 "Funny Girl" based on the life of Fanny Brice, with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
- 1967 BBC television broadcasts The Beatles psychedelic travelogue "Magical Mystery Tour"
Harrison Teases Hit
1975 George Harrison teases his hit "My Sweet Lord" before breaking into "The Pirate Song" on Eric Idle's Rutland Weekend Television Christmas Special (UK)
- 1996 Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, seven hours after being reported as missing
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