Today In Entertainment History
March 16

Movies, Music, Radio and Television

• 1881 - Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts


• 1918 - Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published


• 1922 - WKY-AM in Oklahoma City Oklahoma begins radio transmissions


• 1929 - WHP-AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions


• 1949 - KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, California (CBS) begins broadcasting


• 1957 - 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young


• 1964 - KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, California (CBS) begins broadcasting


• 1966 - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London


• 1970 - WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, Indiana (PBS) begins broadcasting


• 1971 - 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win


• 1971 - KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, Texas (IND) suspends broadcasting


• 1972 - John & Yoko are served with deportation papers


• 1974 - 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville


• 1979 - CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney


• 1991 - 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash

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