April 7 - Margot BryantMargot Bryant ( 1897 January 1, 1988) was a British actress. She was born in Kingston upon Hull. Her most notable role was of timid Minnie Caldwell on the soap opera Coronation Street a role she played from 1960 to 1976. After her retirement, she moved in makes her last appearance as Minnie CaldwellMinnie Caldwell was one of the original characters of the long-running British soap opera, Coronation Street''. Minnie, played by Margot Bryant from 1960 to 1976, was a very timid woman who paled in comparison to her loud friend Martha Longhurst, and her on Coronation Street.
April 24April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). There are 251 days remaining. Events 1184 BC Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional). 1066 Halley's Comet spotted. 1704 The first regular newspaper in th - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne MichaelsLorne Michael Lipowitz aka Lorne Michaels (born November 17, 1944) is a television producer and writer, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Michaels wrote for a number of Canadian TV series and specials in the late 1960s and early 1970s, like Barris & Company makes on on-air offer to pay The BeatlesThe Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, " I Want To Hold Your Hand". The Beatles were one of the most influential music groups of the rock era. Initially they affected the post $3,000 to reunite on the show. LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon ( October 9, 1940 December 8, 1980), is best known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, artist and author. As half of the legendar and McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942), much better known simply as Paul McCartney is a British musician, composer and producer. He was born at Walton Hospital, located in northern Liverpool near his teenage home, where his mother had worked a were apparently watching the show together in New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check.
May 22 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels raises his previous offer to The Beatles from $3,000 to $3,200.
November 7 - Beginning tonight, NBC airs the movie Gone With the Wind on TV over two nights due to its length. The event is the highest-rated US television event of the season.
November 9 - the Museum of Broadcasting is opened, located on the first three floors of the Paley Foundation building in New York City. (The museum would later be renamed the Museum of Television and Radio ).
December 1 - Punk group the Sex Pistols cause a storm of controversy and outrage in the UK by swearing on the regional London news program Tonight with Bill Grundy. Grundy, who has goaded them into doing so, is sacked.
The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, draw an estimated 1 billion viewers worldwide.
