Television:
Millions worldwide tuned in to see the coronation of  in the United Kingdom in 1953. It was the first major world event to be broadcast internationally on television…ABC half-hour soap opera,based on the book and the 1957  movie, ended its five season run in 1969. It originally featured …In 1981,  made the news by asking legendary  what kind of tree she would be. (“I hope I am not an elm. I would like to be an oak tree. That’s very strong, very pretty,” she laughably responded)…The legendary  returned to CBS as creator and producer of the sitcom “” starring  and  which premiered in 1991. It only lasted 6 episodes…concluded in first-run syndication in 1999. It aired for seven seasons…Crime drama  created by  and starring and  debuted on HBO in 2002. It aired for 5 seasons…Also in 2002, the start of Comedy Central’s “” co-created by  and . Its original run lasted three seasons. Its revival has been currently airing since September 2019…NBC first entered the romance reality competition genre in the 21st century with “” which debuted in 2003… Contestant began his 74-game winning streak on syndicated game show ,” earning $2,520,700 in total, in 2004…Three short-lived series concluded: 1) CBS drama in 1984; 2) Fox sci-fi drama in 1996; and 3) CBS drama  in 2002…, the spin-off of , debuted on ABC daytime in 1997. It starred several notables from its parent soap opera: , ,and  The daytime drama lasted six years… (now known as ) debuted two series in 2001: the Olsen twins sitcom  (which only lasted one season) and animated , featuring the voice of …The fifth season of reality competition  premiered on ABC in 2008. After two celebrity editions in 2003 and 2004, it returned to featuring civilian contestants. Jon Kelley hosted…Family sitcom starring concluded its eight-season run on ABC in 2009. It marked the third consecutive hit series for Courtney Thorne-Smith, following and …, the TV adaptation of the 2005 feature film of the same name, debuted on TBS in 2010. It starred Terry Crews and . The family comedy ran for 100 episodes across three seasons…Romantic anthologypremiered on NBC in 2011. Eight episodes aired…ABC Family sci-fi dramadebuted in 2015. It ran for 31 episodes across three condensed seasons…Comedy  concluded its six-season run in 2015. After five seasons on NBC, the Dan Harmon-created series that starred , , ,,  and  moved to the streamer Yahoo Screen for its sixth – and final – season…Two notable but short-lived dramas premiered in 2019: supernatural on AMC and critically-acclaimed  on EPIX.

Movies:
 theatrical short  was released in theaters in 1928. It was the 76th film in the series and marked the first appearance by …, starring , opened in theaters in 1989…”” starring  and  premiered in theaters in 1995. Eastwood recently turned 93… scored a box office hit with the cross-dressing detective comedy flick “” released to theaters in 2000…,directed by , was released in 2017. It earned over $100 million in North American in its opening weekend, which is a domestic record for a female director.

Music
 cover  from his crossover album  hit #1 on Billboard in 1962… scored her second No. 1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with “” in 1979… second studio album ““, featuring the hits “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”, “So Emotional” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”, was released in 1987…Five of the most popular female music artists at the turn of the century — , , ,  and  — performed on the remake of the 70’s hit “” for the movie musical ““. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001.

Sports:
The  famously sat the then-struggling  for  at first base in 1925. Gehrig earned the starting role as first baseman and played in 2,130 consecutive games across 14 seasons…In 1935, at the age of 40,  announced his retirement from Major League Baseball. Throughout his 22-season career, he hit 714 home runs and 2,213 runs batted in. Ruth was among the first five players ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and is considered one of the greatest sports icons in American history.

Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor is 84; actor-director (“Hill Street Blues”) is 82; singer of Tavares is 81; “Leave it to Beaver” star is 77; actress is 75; actor (“24″) is 71; “Saturday Night Live’s” Dana Carvey is 70; actor Gary Grimes (“Summer of 42”) is also 70; TV producer and talk show host Andy Cohen is 57; “Prison Break” star Wentworth Miller is 53; “Let’s Make a Deal” host Wayne Brady is also 53; actor Zachary Quinto (“Star Trek” films, “Heroes”) is 48; U.S. actress Nikki Cox (“Unhappily Ever After”) is 47; actor Justin Long (“Accepted,” ″Dodgeball”) is 47; actress Morena Baccarin (“Gotham,” ″Homeland”) is 46; actress Nora Lum aka Awkwafina (“Crazy Rich Asians”) is 37.

-Did You Know?:
Mia Farrow, who never expected “Peyton Place” to be a success, tried to get out of her contact in the first season. It wasn’t until the third season, when she married Frank Sinatra, that ABC agreed to release her. Farrow’s character of Allison Mackenzie was written out by simply having her run away from town and never be heard from again.