Events
- 1992 - Jay Leno debuts as the host of The Tonight Show.
- 2011 - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Television series debuts
- 1992 - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC (United States)
Television series endings
- 1942 - CBS Television Quiz on WCBW (United States)
- 1959 - Buckskin on NBC (United States)
- 1988 - St. Elsewhere on NBC (United States)
- 1999 - Clueless on UPN (United States)
- 1999 - Home Improvement on ABC (United States)
- 2011 - The Oprah Winfrey Show in syndication (United States)
Births
- 1898 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher and TV personality (d. 1971)
- 1925 - Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1939 - Dixie Carter, American actress (d. 2010)
Deaths
- 2011 - Lillian Adams, American actress (b. 1922)