- 1947 Children's puppet TV program "Junior Jamboree", later renamed "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres locally on WBKB in Chicago, Illinois
All About Eve
1950 "All About Eve" directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter premieres (Academy Awards Best Picture 1951)
- 1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins
- 1960 Third presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood & Kennedy in NY
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1962 Edward Albee's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen
- 1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party"
- 1971 WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting
TV Show Appearance
1973 Teri Garr appears on "The Bob Newhart Show" in the episode "Emily in for Carol"
- 1993 Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew.
- 2015 First Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by CNN and held in Las Vegas, Nevada
Film & TV History
2021 William Shatner becomes the oldest person to reach space, travelling aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on a 10 minute flight
Music Concert
2022 Ringo Starr cancels five remaining scheduled All-Starr Band tour concert dates in California and Mexico, after getting rebound COVID-19 infection
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