Diamond Lil
1928 Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
- 1954 7th Cannes Film Festival: "Gate of Hell" directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down
Paper Moon
1973 "Paper Moon" film starring Ryan O'Neal and his daughter, Tatum O'Neal, directed by Peter Bogdanovich premieres in Hollywood, California; Tatum O'Neal becomes youngest (age 10) Academy Award winner (Supporting Actress)
1984 56th Academy Awards: Linda Hunt becomes the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex, Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Film & TV History
1986 TV show "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
- 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
- 1995 Brian Friel's stage drama "Translations", starring Brian Dennehy, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 25 performances
2000 53rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "American Beauty" Best Film, Pedro Almodovar Best Director
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