- 1903 "The Great Train Robbery" the 1st Western film, released starring Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson
- 1919 AA Milne's comedy play "Mr Pim Passes By" premieres in Manchester
Lady, Be Good!
1924 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1st collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!", featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, opens at the Liberty Theatre, NYC, runs for 330 performances
- 1949 WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1949 WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
- 1953 WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 Musical comedy film "The Girl Can't Help It" starring Jayne Mansfield with cameos by rock 'n' roll stars Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent premieres
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
1957 Seminal rock band Buddy Holly & The Crickets make their "Ed Sullivan Show" debut, performing "That'll Be The Day" and "Peggy Sue"; singer Sam Cooke also performs after getting bumped due to time constraints on November 3rd - he sings "You Send Me" and “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons” [1] [2]
- 1958 Liberty Records releases single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by David Seville and the Chipmunks; it becomes a #1 hit, and wins 3 Grammy Awards (Comedy Performance, Children's Recording, and Best Engineered),
Flower Drum Song
1958 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Flower Drum Song", directed by Gene Kelly, and starring Miyoshi Umeki, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 602 performances, winning a Tony Award
- 1962 KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1980 Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
Beverly Hills Cop
1984 "Beverly Hills Cop" directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold premieres in Los Angeles
- 1985 Noraly Beyer becomes the Netherland's 1st black TV newscaster
Anne of Green Gables
1985 TV mini series "Anne of Green Gables" based on the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, starring Megan Follows is first shown on CBS in Canada
- 1988 NBC bids a record $401 million to capture television broadcasting rights for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games
- 1997 Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
- 2014 "The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies", 3rd and final Hobbit film, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in London
Thank U Next
2018 Ariana Grande releases the music video to her single "Thank U Next", biggest ever launch on Youtube Premiere
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 Computer-animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" starring Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Award Best Animated Film 2019)
- 2018 Egyptian actress Rania Youssef charged for "inciting debauchery" after wearing see-through dress to Cairo film festival
- 2018 World's first super-high definition 8K television channel by Japanese broadcaster NHK launches
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