Film and TV History on February 17
Robinson Crusoe Jr
1916 Sigmund Romberg, James Hanley, Harold R. Atteridge and Edgar Smith's musical "Robinson Crusoe Jr", featuring Al Jolson, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC; runs for 139 performances
Sports History
1924 American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller sets 100m world freestyle record 57.4s at Miami, Florida
- 1936 The world's first superhero, The Phantom, a cartoon strip by Lee Falk, makes his first appearance in comics
- 1938 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)
- 1954 WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1984 34th Berlin International Film Festival: "Love Streams" wins the Golden Bear
- 1987 Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA
- 1995 11th US Soap Opera Digest Awards - "Days of Our Lives" wins
- 2012 43rd NAACP Image Awards: "The Help" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" premieres on NBC
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Reinaldo Massengill
Update: 2024-09-27