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Carmen Jones (1954) | Milestones, U.S. Theatrical Releases | Oct 28, 1954

Dorothy Dandridge became the first African American actress to be Oscar nominated for Best Actress, for her performance in Carmen Jones. The film would be her only Oscar-nominated performance. Carmen Jones was iconic title designer Saul Bass’s first movie project.

The Challenge (Vyzov) (2023) | Milestones, Russian Theatrical Releases | Apr 20, 2023

On April 20th, 2023, Russia officially released the first-ever feature film to have been partially lensed in space. Shot aboard the International Space Station (ISS), The Challenge (originally titled Vyzov), premiered in Russian cinemas. The Challenge centers on a female surgeon who has to perform an operation on a cosmonaut too sick to return to ….

Jackie Robinson (1947) | Milestones | Apr 15, 1947

On this day in 1947, baseball legend Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball, which until this date relegated black players to the Negro leagues beginning the 1880s.

Birth of Hip Hop Back to School Party (1973) | Creation Dates, Milestones, Parties | Aug 11, 1973

On August 11, 1973 Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell was the DJ at his sister Cindy’s back-to-school party in a high-rise apartment at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in The Bronx. DJ Kool Herc extended the beat of a record by using two record players, isolating the percussion “breaks” by using a mixer to switch between the ….

Curtis Hanson (1972) | First Film Projects, Milestones, World Premieres | Feb 18, 1972

The World Premiere date for Sweet Kill (also known as A Kiss from Eddie and The Arousers). The B-movie was written and directed by Curtis Hanson as his first feature film project. Hanson went on to win an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film L.A. Confidential.

Sea Captain Hanson Crockett Gregory Invents the Donut (1847) | Creation Dates, Milestones | Jun 22, 1847

Then-future high-seas hero mariner Captain Hanson Crockett Gregory of Maine is credited with creating a popular and delicious breakfast treat. In a moment of divine inspiration as a teenage galley boy aboard the Ivanhoe on June 22, 1847, Gregory turned a poorly cooked blob of sailors’ sustenance into the iconic, ring-shaped and deep-fried delicacy we ….

First Drive-in Movie Theater Opens in Camden, New Jersey (1933) | Launches and Openings, Milestones | Jun 6, 1933

While there were makeshift drive-in cinemas as early as the 1910s, the first patented drive-in movie theater opened on June 6, 1933 by chemical company magnate Richard Hollingshead in Camden, New Jersey. He created it as a solution for people unable to comfortably fit into smaller movie theater seats after creating a mini drive-in for ….

The Academy Awards (1929) | Award Shows and Ceremonies, Inaugurals, Milestones | May 16, 1929

Mae Jemison Becomes First African-American Woman in Space (1992) | Milestones | Sep 12, 1992

American physician and astronaut Mae C. Jemison was the first African-American woman to go into space. Jemison joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission in September of 1992.

Dr. No Begins Filming in Jamaica (1962) | Milestones | Jan 16, 1962

Filming began on Dr. No – the first film adaptation of Ian Fleming’s series of spy novels – in Jamaica on January 16th, 1962 before moving to Pinewood Studios to shoot interiors. From Maurice Binder’s title sequence to Ken Adam’s sets to Monty Norman’s theme arranged by John Barry, the film established many of the ….