Events in Film & TV
- 1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1951 Cole Porter's musical "Out of This World" an adaptation of Titus Plautus's mythological comedy Amphitryon, starring George Gaynes, closes at New Century Theater, NYC, after 157 performances
- 1952 "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (also known as "Vitameatavegamin") episode of "I Love Lucy" premieres, garnering 68% of US television viewers
- 1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1962 "West Side Story" soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
- 1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe
- 1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
- 1999 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
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Birthdays in Film & TV
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- 1951 Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54
- 1968 Albert Dekker, American stage and screen character actor (Dr. Cyclops; Beau Geste; The Wild Bunch), and politician, dies of accidental suffocation at 62
- 1971 Alice Tissot, French actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81
- 1979 Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
- 1983 John Williams, British actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
Weddings in Film & TV
- 1940 Actress Mary Martin (26) weds producer Richard Halliday (35)
- 1978 "Happy Days" actor Anson Williams (28) weds Lorrie Maheffey
- 1990 "Crocodile Dundee" actors Paul Hogan (50) weds Linda Kozlowski (32) at their newly built $3 million mansion at Faraway Possum Creek in New South Wales, Australia
- 2000 Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie (24) weds actor Billy Bob Thornton (44) at The Little Church of The West Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2007 "Scream" actress Neve Campbell (33) married British actor John Light (32) in Malibu, California; divorce in 2010
May in Film & TV History
Miss Atomic Pageant
Linda Lawson is the winner of the 1955 Miss Atomic Pageant, with a mushroom cloud crown for good measure
May 1, 1955
Silence is Golden At The First Oscars
The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on this day before just 250 guests. All the movies nominated for what would become known as an Oscar were silent
May 16, 1929
The Best Quentin Tarantino Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Tarantino question? Including which Tarantino film script was leaked prior to filming? Or which actor is his most frequent collaborator?
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