TV History Weekly

April 27
1937—The original version of "A Star Is Born" debuts.
1954—"White Christmas," starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, debuts.
1986—A video pirate manages to override the satellite transmission of an HBO movie.

April 28
1937—The country's first museum of costumes is incorporated. The Museum of Costume Arts, in New York, created a collection of theater and movie costumes to promote "cultural education" in the design field.
1990—The Broadway musical "A Chorus Line" closes after 6,237 performances.

April 29
1932—Long-running radio series "One Man's Family" debuts.
1944—"Dancing Romeo," the last "Our Gang" film, is released.
1960—In testimony before a House subcommittee, radio disk jockey Dick Clark denies involvement in the payola scandal that shook the radio industry in 1959 and 1960.

April 30
1945—Radio personality Arthur Godfrey debuts in his own morning show, "Arthur Godfrey Time."
1992—The final episode of the popular "Cosby Show" airs.

May 1
1941—Orson Welles' landmark film, "Citizen Kane," debuts.
1967—Elvis Presley marries 21-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu.

May 2
1932—Comedian Jack Benny's long-running radio show debuts.
1948—Radio program "Hour of Charm" broadcasts for the last time.
1972—Steven Spielberg begins filming "Jaws."

May 3
1937—Margaret Mitchell's novel, "Gone With the Wind," wins the Pulitzer Prize.
1960—The musical comedy "The Fantasticks" opens in an off-Broadway playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village.
1991—Prime-time soap opera "Dallas" airs its last episode.

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