Film and TV History on March 1
- 1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
Ol' Man River
1928 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records featuring Bing Crosby
Captain America
1941 Captain America created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is first published by Timely Comics (premiere issue released on December 20, 1940)
Stalin's Stroke
1953 After an all-night movie and dinner session with his top advisers, Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
- 1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
- 1953 WFBG TV (later WTAJ) channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953 WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
- 1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1965 WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
- 1968 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
- 1972 KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1975 Colour television transmissions begin in Australia.
Film & TV History
1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery in an extortion plot
- 1979 ESPN and NCAA come to an agreement giving the network worldwide multi-media rights to NCAA championships for various sports
Music History
1985 American singer Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation
- 1988 Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
- 1993 New expansion NHL team, owned in Anaheim, CA by Disney, receives its name, inspired by the 1992 Disney movie 'The Mighty Ducks'
Music History
1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert" opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for limited run of 16 performances
Film & TV History
1998 Yasmina Reza's French stage comedy "Art", starring Alan Alda, Victor Garber, and Alfred Molina opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 600 performances
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006 Animated film "Ice Age: The Meltdown" directed by Carlos Saldanha with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Belgium
- 2014 34th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Movie 43" wins
Music History
2017 Spanish-American singer Charo (66?) is revealed as a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars
March in Film & TV
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