1998 "Comic Relief" benefit comedy show
1997 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
1996 Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer, dies at 70
1996 Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65
1996 Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at 47
1996 10th American Comedy Award
1995 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield
1994 "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 8 performances
1994 "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 8 performances
1994 John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
1994 Michael O'Donoghue, comedy writer (SNL), dies at 54
1994 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins
1993 "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion New York City after 38 performances
1993 "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion New York City for 38 performances
1993 Paul D Zimmerman, U.S. screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54
1993 7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins
1992 Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
1992 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
1991 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg
1990 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV
1990 Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV
1990 "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1990 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally
1989 "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
1989 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone
1988 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman
1987 1st American Comedy Award
1986 "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS
1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74
1984 Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
1984 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 13 performances
1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances
1983 Frank Link, actor (Burns and Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46
1983 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71
1981 New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy
1979 Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in New York City
1979 "Co-Ed Fever," TV Comedy, debut and cancelled that outing on CBS
1978 Situation comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television
1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 perf
1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances
1975 1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King
1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1974 Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Comedy Hour), dies at 92
1973 "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC
1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1969 "Smothers Brothers comedy Hour," last airs on CBS-TV
1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
1967 Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series
1967 "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1965 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden New York City after 192 performances
1965 Carrot Top, Florida, comedian, Amer Comedy Award-1994
1964 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances
1964 Eddie Cantor, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72
1962 TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS
1961 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70
1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
1959 Dmitri Shostakovitch's comedy "Cheryomushk," premieres in Moscow
1957 Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
1957 "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)
1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances
1955 Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer, Howard Stern Show
1955 "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
1955 Sandra Bernhard, born in Flint, Michigan, actress, King of Comedy, Nancy-Roseanne
1955 "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC
1955 Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy), dies
1955 Sandra Bernhard, born in Arizona, Follow That Bird, King of Comedy
1953 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf
1953 Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress, Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy
1953 "Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
1951 Janet Eilber, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy
1950 Louise Duart, Quincy, Massachusetts, comedienne, Paramount Comedy Theater # 5
1949 Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
1948 Mario Viegas, actor, The Jew, Divine Comedy, Funeral of Patrao
1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
1944 Marilyn Michaels, comedienne, ABC Comedy Hour
1943 Harve Brosten, comedy writer/producer/director, All in the Family
1940 Terry Gilliam, Minneapolis, comedy author-animator, Monty Python
1939 SN Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," premieres in New York City
1939 David Winters, born in London, England, choreographer, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy)
1933 Barbara Carson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Comedy Tonight, Carter Country
1933 Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City
1931 Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter
1930 Darryl Hickman, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Human Comedy, Tea and Sympathy
1927 Anita Kerr, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1926 Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer
1924 Lucas J "Luc" Lutz, Dutch actor and director, Hague Comedy
1924 Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1924 George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show
1921 "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in New York City
1920 Jimmy Edwards, comedy actor, Barnes
1914 "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts
1914 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin)
1912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released
1912 Ank van der Moer, actress, Verkade, Dutch Comedy
1910 Robert Paige, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, actor, Colgate Comedy Hour
1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1907 Paul J. Steenbergen, Neth, actor, Ciske Rat, /founder, Hague's Comedy
1906 John I M Stewart, British detective writer, Comedy of Terrors
1903 Joris Diels, Flemish actor and director, Haagsche Comedy
1899 Cees Lasseur, Dutch actor and owner, Hague Comedy
1893 Theo Frenkel, actor, Footlights, Hague's Comedy
1892 Eddie Cantor, New York City, comedian, Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
1892 Oliver Hardy, Harlem, Georgia, comedy team member, Laurel and Hardy
1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1886 Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London
1876 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82
1799 Honore de Balzac, France, novelist, Pere Goriot, Human Comedy
1793 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer, Pan Jowiolski
1787 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City
1787 Louis Angely, German, comedy writer, Sieben Madchen in Uniform
1655 Jean-Franeois Regnard, French comedy writer, Slave in Algeria
1611 Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" 1st presented
1321 Dante Alighieri, author (Divine Comedy), dies
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