This Day…

1965  – British folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy guest star in “Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits” episode of American TV sitcom “The Patty Duke Show”

1972 – Film adaptation of “Cabaret,” directed by Bob Fosse and based on John Kander and Fred Ebb‘s musical of the same name, is released, starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey

1954  – 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O’Connor & Eve Arden win

1969  – KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1915  – “The Birth of a Nation” the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles

1955 – 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC

1931 – “City Lights”, American silent romantic comedy film directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring himself and Virginia Cherrill, premieres at Los Angeles Theater

1973 – “Barnaby Jones” premieres on CBS TV

1918 – Silent film “Tarzan of the Apes,” the first film adaptation of the novel, premieres at Broadway Theater, New York City, starring Gordon Griffith and Elmo Lincoln