The groundbreaking TV soap opera 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' premiered in Brazil.
The award-winning drama movie 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was released in the US.
Walt Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland' was released in New York City, US.
Alice in Wonderland premiered in London.
An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
The American drama film 'All About Eve,' by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring Bette Davis, premiered in the US.
Albert Einstein warned against hydrogen bombs on the ''Today with Mrs. Roosevelt" weekly TV show.
WERD, the first African-American-owned radio station in the US, made its first broadcast.
The iconic Hollywoodland sign was changed to just Hollywood as we know it today.
The term ''Big Bang" was coined by Fred Hoyle in a radio interview.
The first-ever daytime soap opera, These Are My Children, aired on NBC.
The first-ever Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles.
NBC started ''Toast Of The Town" on the Ed Sullivan Show.
The first episode of Meet The Press, the longest-running American TV program, aired.
The first Tony Awards were handed out at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
The Christmas classic directed by Frank Capra, 'It's a Wonderful Life,' premiered in New York.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
Walt Disney released '3 Caballeros' in the United States.
Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, premiered in New York.
American movie studio executives allowed the Office of War Information to review their scripts.
The American drama movie 'Now, Voyager' premiered in New York City, US.
Walt Disney's animated Dumbo was released in New York City, New York, US.
'The Midnight Snack' cartoon was released, making it Tom and Jerry's very first appearance.
The US aired its first-ever TV commercial.
Disney's animated feature 'Fantasia' was released to movie theaters in the US.
Charlie Chaplin's satirical movie 'The Great Dictator' was released in the US.
Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Gone With the Wind,' making her the first African American woman to win an Oscar.
Tom and Jerry made their debut appearance.
Walt Disney released their second feature-length movie, 'Pinocchio,' in New York City.
The American drama movie 'Of Mice and Men' was released in the US.
Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells was broadcasted on the radio, creating mass public hysteria.
The Adventures of Robin Hood, directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, was released.
The BBC broadcast the world's first science fiction television program, an adaptation of the play R.U.R.
The first full-length animated feature film, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' premiered.
The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is established.
20th Century Fox was founded after a merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures.
Donald Duck made its first appearance in 'The Wise Little Hen.'
The first Three Stooges film is released.
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
Walt Disney released a short film, '3 Little Pigs,' which won the Academy Award Best Animated film in 1934.
The original 'King Kong' movie was shown at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy, New York City, US.
The Mummy film, directed by Karl Freund, was released in the US.
The American horror movie 'White Zombie' was released at New York City's Rivoli Theater.
The movie 'Frankenstein,' based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel of the same name, was released in the US.
Bing Crosby made his nationwide solo radio debut.
The first theater with a movie being projected from the back of the room was opened in New York City.
The original 'Dracula' movie premiered in New York City, starring Bela Lugosi.
Silent romance comedy ''City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin premiered at the Los Angeles Theater.
