2015 Event Queen Elizabeth II officially celebrates her 89th birthday with a Trooping the Color ceremony; as part of the celebration, the Queen also knighted figures including actor Kevin Spacey and singer Van Morrison 2012 Event In the Philippines, four new species of freshwater crab are discovered; the crab are bright purple in color 2007 Death Joel Siegel, died in New York, of color cancer complications, at 63 1995 Event 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins 1992 Event 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and 'Color Me Badd' win 1990 Event "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV 1986 Event "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) 1986 Event 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win 1983 Event Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2) 1983 Event Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" 1983 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple" 1978 Death Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77 1972 Birthday Marlon Wayans, comedian, Wayans Bros, In Living Color 1971 Birthday Shawn Wayans, actor, In Living Color 1970 Birthday Mark Caldero, Oklahoma City, vocalist, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1970 Birthday Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1969 Birthday Bryan Abrams, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, singer, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1969 Birthday Kevin Thornton, born in Amarillo, vocalist, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1968 Event Netherlands gets color TV 1967 Birthday Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist, Bob Color 1967 Birthday Jamie Foxx, comedian, In Living Color 1967 Event 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2 1967 Birthday Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1966 Event 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC) 1966 Event Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS 1965 Event Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast 1964 Event Philips begins experimenting with color TV 1962 Birthday Arend Bouwmeester, Dutch saxophonist, Bob Color 1962 Event ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons 1962 Birthday Jim Carrey, born in Ontario, Canada, actor, Living Color, Dumb and Dumber, Mask 1960 Birthday Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer, Bob Color 1960 Birthday Damon Wayans, actor/comedian, In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman 1959 Event 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space 1959 Event The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space 1958 Birthday Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actress, Color of Money 1958 Event 1st color video recording on magnetic tape 1958 Birthday Keenan Ivory Wayans, born in New York City, comedian, In Living Color 1957 Birthday John Turturro, born in Brooklyn, actor, Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever 1956 Birthday David Alan Grier, comedian, In Living Color, Boomerang 1956 Event Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs 1955 Birthday Jane Siberry, born in Toronto, Canada, singer, songwriter, also known as 'Issa', hits include, 'I Muse Aloud', 'One More Color', 'Calling All Angels' 1955 Event 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (New York Yankees beat Dodgers) 1955 Event 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) 1955 Birthday Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist, Bob Color 1955 Event 1st President to appear on color TV, Eisenhower 1954 Event RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000 1954 Event 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City 1954 Event 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York City (Castro Decorators) 1954 Birthday Oprah Winfrey, born in Mississippi, actress/TV host, Color Purple, Oprah 1953 Event FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications 1953 Event 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City) 1953 Event 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts 1951 Birthday Carmen R "Tata" Vega, U.S. soul singer, Color Purple soundtrack 1951 Event 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS) 1951 Event 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC 1951 Event 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) 1951 Event 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities 1949 Birthday Whoopi Goldberg, Caryn Johnson, New York City, actress, Color Purple, Burglar 1949 Birthday Frank de Leeuw, Dutch rock guitarist, Bob Color 1948 Event 1st color newsreel filmed in Pasadena, California 1944 Birthday Alice Walker, U.S., novelist, Color Purple, Meridian 1940 Event 1st showing of color TV 1938 Event 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV in London 1937 Event 1st feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Snow White) 1929 Event 1st color TV demo, New York City 1929 Event 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (New York City) 1928 Event George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures 1928 Event 1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird) 1914 Event "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London 1914 Event 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London 1906 Birthday Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV and LP records 1903 Birthday Countee Cullen, U.S. poet, Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl 1900 Birthday Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter 1894 Event 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) 1893 Event 1st newspaper color supplement (New York World) 1877 Event Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop 1868 Event Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process 1863 Event Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1782 Birthday John Sell Cotman, water color artist 1627 Birthday Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author, experiments with color
