- 1896 American Federation of Labor (AFL) charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC
1903 Topsy the elephant is electrocuted at Luna Park on Coney Island by her owners; the event is filmed by the Edison Manufacturing Company [1]
- 1920 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits
- 1934 Premiere of the first Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem van Oranje"
Debut of Bob Hope
1935 Bob Hope is first heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"
- 1953 KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 Soap opera "The Brighter Day" premieres
- 1957 "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)
- 1966 WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million to CBS
The Twentieth Century
1970 Weekly CBS documentary show "The Twentieth Century" hosted by Walter Cronkite ends
Frankenstein
1981 Victor Gialanella's stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein", starring John Carradine and Dianne Wiest, opens and closes at the Palace Theatre, NYC, after 1 performance [1]
- 1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
- 1982 Bryant Gumbel becomes co-host of NBC's "Today"
- 1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of NBC's "Today Show"
- 1984 "Night Court," starring Harry Anderson and created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, premieres on NBC; runs for nine seasons
- 1992 8th largest wrestling crowd NJPW Starcade (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
- 1993 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)
- 1994 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)
- 1996 August Strickland's 1887 stage drama "The Father", starring Frank Langella, opens at the Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 52 performances
- 1998 Second successful revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", starring Nathan Lane, closes at St James, NYC, after 715 performances and 1 Tony Award
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