January 12 Calendar
  • 1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, Oklahoma (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1965 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV

"Batman" Debuts

1966 "Batman", starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC

  • 1967 NBC revival of Jack Webb's police drama "Dragnet", now broadcast in color, debuts; runs through 1970
  • 1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
  • 1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
  • 1992 13th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the Persian Gulf War

"Lizzie McGuire" Premieres

2001 Disney Channel TV series "Lizzie McGuire" premieres starring Hilary Duff

  • 2001 Downtown Disney opens to the public in Anaheim
  • 2012 17th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: The Artist wins Best Film

2014 Woody Allen receives the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards

Film Release

2016 Michael Bay's film "13 Hours", based on the 2012 Benghazi attack, is released


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