Pickford's Million Dollar Contract
1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract
- 1941 US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) grants 1st commercial TV licenses to New York City experimental stations W2XBS, as WNBT (NBC), and W2XAB, as WCBW (CBS)
- 1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
- 1953 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
John Murray Anderson's Almanac
1954 Musical revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", starring Harry Belafonte, Hermione Gingold, and Orson Bean, closes at Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 229 performances and a Tony Award win
- 1955 5th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Rats" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
- 1956 WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1960 10th Berlin International Film Festival: "El Lazarillo de Tormes" wins Golden Bear
- 1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London
- 1966 16th Berlin International Film Festival: "Cul-de-Sac" wins the Golden Bear
- 1970 "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters
- 1976 1975 movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany
- 1977 27th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Ascent" wins the Golden Bear
For Your Eyes Only
1981 "For Your Eyes Only", 12th James Bond, starring Roger Moore and 1st drected by John Glen premieres in London
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland - becomes fastest film to gross over 1 billion
Film Release
2009 Michael Bay's film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is released, grossing over $832 million worldwide
Music Concert
2010 Ringo Starr's eleventh All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Rick Derringer, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Richard Page, Wally Palmar, and Gregg Bissonette
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