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1950 1st transmission of a TV programme from continental Europe shown on BBC
1953 "Roman Holiday", starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Eddie Albert, is released
1964 25th Venice Film Festival: "Red Desert" directed by Michelangelo Antonioni wins Golden Lion
1964 Walt Disney's musical film "Mary Poppins" directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van D**e, with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California; wins 5 Academy Awards
1965 WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover (Fashion of the Times)
1990 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
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1949 Arthur Chesney [Kellaway], British stage and screen character actor (The Lodger; Chelsea Life), dies of a stroke at 68
1961 Gail Russell, American actress (The Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen), dies from complications of alcohol abuse at 36 [1]
1964 Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
1969 Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79
1976 Mukesh [Mathur], Indian "playback singer" for Bollywood films, dies of a heart attack at 53
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Weddings in Film & TV
1956 Socialite Gloria Vanderbilt (32) weds "12 Angry Men" director Sidney Lumet (32)
1994 TV executive Anthony Radziwill (35) weds Emmy Award-winning journalist Carole Di Falco (31) in East Hampton, New York
2005 American actor Robert Downey Jr (40) weds American film producer Susan Levin (31) at the Windy Dune Estat in Amagansett, New York
2011 American Oscar winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola (41) weds vocalist of French indie rock band "Phoenix" Thomas Mars (34) at her family's villa, Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda, Italy
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August 15, 1939 How Paula Yates Discovered Her Real Father
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August 31, 1986 Quentin Tarantino
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