Today In Entertainment History
March 18

Movies, Music, Radio and Television

• 1881 - Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (Madison Square Garden)


• 1902 - Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record


• 1910 - 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York City


• 1922 - WBT-AM in Charlotte North Carolina begins radio transmissions


• 1948 - Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting


• 1949 - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting


• 1953 - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting


• 1957 - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins


• 1963 - WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, Ohio (PBS) begins broadcasting


• 1965 - Rolling Stones fined $5 each for public urination


• 1967 - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1


• 1968 - WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, Vermont (PBS) begins broadcasting


• 1968 - WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, Vermont (PBS) begins broadcasting


• 1970 - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting


• 1977 - Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"


• 1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario California


• 1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident


• 1985 - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC


• 1989 - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios


• 1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame


• 1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in New York City


• 1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy

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