Today in Entertainment History
Sub-Topics: Comedy - Movie - Newspaper - Radio - Television
Historical Events
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1774-10-20 - Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment
1946-05-09 - 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
1968-01-01 - ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
1972-04-14 - "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 4 performances
1972-04-16 - "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1977-01-30 - 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
1979-09-07 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1987-03-20 - Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit
1987-10-30 - In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the TurboGrafx-16, known as PC Engine.
1992-10-10 - Actress Heather Thomas weds entertainment lawyer Skip Brittenham
1994-09-29 - House votes to end lobbyists buying meals & entertainment for Congress
1995-06-06 - 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1996-03-06 - 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1997-03-11 - 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1998-03-10 - 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Famous Birthdays
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1909-07-03 - Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
1932-03-04 - Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (d. 1994)
1944-04-08 - Roger Chapman, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1945-05-05 - Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter
1947-04-21 - John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1948-10-04 - Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
1951-02-10 - Robert Iger, American entertainment executive
1958-02-06 - Cecily Adams, Queens NY, entertainment caster (American Heart)
