- 1906 The first permanent movie theater in Canada, the Ouimetoscope, opens by Léo Ouimet in Montreal, Quebec
- 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie "African Journey", shown on TV, NYC
- 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting
- 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
Paul Harvey News and Comment
1951 Chicago broadcaster Paul Harvey begins his national radio program "Paul Harvey News and Comment" from WENR-AM for the ABC network
- 1953 First TV detector van begins operating in the UK, used to identify users of unlicensed television sets
- 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 NBC broadcasts 1st live color US coast-to-coast telecast, the Tournament of Roses Parade, from Pasadena, California
- 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
- 1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins
- 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, Nebraska (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, Illinois (CBS) begins broadcasting
Astro Boy
1963 Astro Boy, the first popular animated Japanese television series based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka, premieres on Fuji TV in Japan
- 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence, Rhode Island, begins broadcasting
Top of the Pops
1964 "Top of the Pops," a British pop music television program, premieres with performances by Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans, and The Beatles
- 1964 KNMT TV Channel 12 in Walker, Minnesota (CBS) begins broadcasting
Murphy Joins US Senate
1965 American actor George Murphy begins his term as US Senator from California
- 1967 WABW TV Channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 ABC Radio splits into four networks: Info, Entertainment, Contemporary, and FM
- 1968 Netherlands gets color TV
- 1968 WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1972 KDSD-TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, South Dakota (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1974 NBC Radio begins broadcasting news on the hour, 24 hours a day, following CBS's lead
- 1976 NBC replaces its "peacock" logo with a large block "N"; the design of the new logo costs nearly $1 million and is subject to a copyright infringement suit costing NBC an additional $800,000
Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
1978 Alex Bradford, Vinnette Carroll, and Micki Grant's musical "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God" closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City after 429 performances and winning one Tony Award
Streisand and Peters Part
1982 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends
- 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
- 1990 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implements "SYNDEX," granting independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
- 1993 "Farewell My Concubine," directed by Chen Kaige from a novel by Lilian Lee, starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, and Gong Li, premieres in Hong Kong (wins Cannes Palme d'Or 1993)
- 2018 An initiative of 300 Hollywood women called "Time's Up" announces a fight against sexual harassment
- 2018 Japanese actress and former adult video star Sora Aoi announces her engagement
Greenpeace Ambassador
2018 Javier Bardem becomes the ambassador of Greenpeace for the protection of Antarctica
Renner's Snowplow Accident
2023 Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1]
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