Film and TV History on April 14
Edison's Kinetoscope
1894 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
Lady, Be Good!
1926 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1st collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!", featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, opens at Empire Theatre, London's West End; runs for 326 performances
- 1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
- 1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, Iowa (PBS) begins broadcasting
Bye Bye Birdie
1960 Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's musical "Bye Bye Birdie", starring Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, and Dick Gautier, opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC; runs for 607 performances
- 1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
- 1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mule Bone
1991 Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's stage comedy "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 68 performances
Guys & Dolls
1992 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys & Dolls" starring Nathan Lane, opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 1143 performances, wins 4 Tony Awards
Bill Nye the Science Guy
1993 "Bill Nye the Science Guy" starring Bill Nye debuts on KCTS-TV in the US
Film & TV History
1994 Turner Classic Movies cable channel launches; media mogul Ted Turner hosts ceremony in NYC's Times Square district at 6PM marking "the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City"
Apple Doesn't Fall..
1996 Trish Vradenburg's play "Apple Doesn't Fall.." directed by Leonard Nimoy opens and closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance
Film & TV History
2013 Comedian Kevin Hart is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in California
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