Film and TV History on October 16
October 16 Calendar
- 1923 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1939 George Kaufman and Moss Hart's comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner" opens at the Music Box Theatre, NYC; runs for 739 performances
- 1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1962 KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1968 American Bob Seagren, Claus Schiprowski of West Germany and East German Wolfgang Nordwig all record 5.40m in the final of the pole vault at the Mexico City Olympics; Seagren awarded gold on countback
- 1975 Louis LaRusso II's stage drama "Lampost Reunion", starring Danny Aiello, opens at the Little Theatre, NYC: runs for 77 performances
Film & TV History
1979 Comedy sketch show "Not the Nine O'Clock News" debuts starring Rowan Atkinson, Chris Langham, Pamela Stephenson and Mel Smith on BBC 2
Gilligan's Island
1992 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot, filmed in 1963, is first shown on TV (TBS)
- 1994 "Addams Family" actor Raul Julia, actor suffers a stroke
- 2023 Model of a Star Wars X-wing Starfighter used in a "Star Wars" film sells for over $3 million from collection of Hollywood model maker Greg Jein [1]
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