Feb. 18, 1996: Season 1, Episode 2, "The Things We Do for Love," airs.

Feb. 25, 1996: Season 1, Episode 3, "Live In My Heart And Pay No Rent," airs.

March 3, 1996: Season 1, Episode 4, "Fallen Angel," airs.

March 10, 1996: Season 1, Episode 5, "The Power and the Glory," airs.

March 17, 1996: Season 1, Episode 6, "Missing You Already," airs.

Jan 5, 1997: Season 2, Episode 1, "For One Night Only," airs.

Jan. 12, 1997: Season 2, Episode 2 - "River Dance".

Jan. 19, 1997: Season 2, Episode 3 - "In The Can".

Jan. 26, 1997: Season 2, Episode 4 - "The Facts of Life".

Feb. 2, 1997: Season 2, Episode 5 - "Someone to Watch Over Me".

Feb. 9, 1997: Season 2, Episode 6 - "Only Skin Deep".

Feb. 16, 1997: Season 2, Episode 7 - "Money, Money, Money".

Feb. 23, 1997: Season 2, Episode 8 - "Chinese Whispers".

Dec. 21, 1997: Season 3, Episode 1 - "As Happy as a Turkey on Boxing Day".

March 1, 1998: Season 3, Episode 2 - "When a Child is Born Original".

March 8, 1998: Season 3, Episode 3 - "Changing Times".

March 15, 1998: Season 3, Episode 4 - "Stardust in Your Eyes".

March 22, 1998: Season 3, Episode 5 - "The Fortune in Men's Eyes".

March 29, 1998: Season 3, Episode 6 - "I Know When I'm Not Wanted".

April 5, 1998: Season 3, Episode 7 - "Personal Call".

April 12, 1998: Season 3, Episode 8 - "Lost Sheep".

April 19, 1998: Season 3, Episode 9 - "The Waiting Game"

April 26, 1998: Season 3, Episode 10 - "Pack Up Your Troubles".

May 3, 1998: Season 3, Episode 11 - "The Reckoning".

May 4, 1998: Season 3, Episode 12 - "Amongst Friends".

1998: Colin Farrell joins the cast in the part of Danny Bryne.

April 15, 2001: Season 6, Episode 8 - the final episode, "Smoke Signals," airs.

1949: The first year in which a single film is honored as the year's best. The film is The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed.

1951: Miracle in Milan, directed by Vittorio de Sica and Miss Julie, directed by Alf Sjöberg tie for the honor of best film of the year.

1952: Othello, directed by Orson Welles, and Two Cents Worth of Hope, directed by Renato Castellani, tie for best film of the year.

1953: The Wages of Fear, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, is named best film of the year.

1954: Gate of Hell (Jigokumon), directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, is named best film of the year.

1955: The award for the year's best film is first officially called the Palme d'Or (the Golden Palm). The first film to win this award is Marty, directed by Delbert Mann.

1956: The Silent World France, directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle wins the Palme d'Or.

1957: Friendly Persuasion, directed by William Wyler, wins the Palme d'Or.

1958: The Cranes Are Flying, directed by Nikolai Kalatozov, wins the Palme d'Or.

1959: Black Orpheus, directed by Marcel Camus, wins the Palme d'Or.

1960: La Dolce Vita, directed by Federico Fellini, wins the Palme d'Or.

1961: The Long Absence, directed by Henri Colpi and Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel, tie for the Palme d'Or.

1962: The Given Word, directed by Anselmo Duarte, wins the Palme d'Or.

1963: The Leopard, directed by Luchino Visconti, wins the Palme d'Or.

1964: The name of the Palme d'Or award is changed to "Grand Prize of the Festival" (Grand Prix International du Festival). The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, directed by Jacques Demy, wins the prize that year.

1965: The Knack...and How to Get It, directed by Richard Lester, wins the Grand Prize.

1966: The Birds, the Bees, and the Italians, directed by Pietro Germi and A Man and a Woman, directed by Claude Lelouch, tie for the Grand Prize.

1967: Blow-up, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, wins the Grand Prize.

1969: If... , directed by Lindsay Anderson, wins the Grand Prize.

1970: M*A*S*H, directed by Robert Altman, wins the Grand Prize of the Festival.

1971: The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, wins the Grand Prize.

1972: The Mattei Affair, directed by Francesco Rosi, and The Working Classes Go to Heaven, directed by Elio Petri, tie for the Grand Prize.

1973: The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges and Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, tie for the Grand Prize.

1974: The award for best film is again called the Palme d'Or. The Conversation, directd by Francis Ford Coppola, wins the prize that year.

1975: Chronicle of the Burning Years, directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, wins the Palme d'Or.

1976: Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, wins the Palme d'Or.

1977: Padre padrone, directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, wins the prize.

1978: The Tree of Wooden Clogs, directed by Ermanno Olmi, wins.

1979: Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, wins top honors.

The Tin Drum, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, wins.

1980: All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse ties with
Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa.

1981: Man of Iron Poland, directed by Andrzej Wajda, wins.

1982: Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras ties with Yol, directed by Serif Goren & Yilmaz Guney.

1983: The Ballad of Narayama, directed by Shohei Imamura, wins.

1984: Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, wins.

1985: When Father Was Away on Business, directed by Emir Kusturica takes the prize.

1986: The Mission, directed by Roland Joff, wins.

1987: Under Satan's Sun, directed by Maurice Pialat, wins the Palme d'Or.

1988: Pelle the Conqueror, directed by Bille August, wins the top award.

1989: sex, lies, and videotape, directed by Steven Soderbergh, wins the Palme d'Or.

1990: Wild at Heart, directed by David Lynch, wins the top honor.

1991: Barton Fink, directed by Joel Coen, wins the top award.

1992: The Best Intentions, directed by Bille August, wins the top award.

1993: Farewell, My Concubine, directed by Chen Kaige and
The Piano, directed by Jane Campion, tie for the award.

1994: Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, wins the Palme d'Or.

1995: Underground, directed by Emir Kusturica, wins.

1996: Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh, wins.

1997: The Eel Japan, directed by Shohei Imamura ties with Taste of Cherry, directed by Abbas Kiarostami.

1998: Eternity and a Day, directed by Theo Angelopoulos, wins.

1999: Rosetta, directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, wins.

2000: Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier, takes the prize.

2001: The Son's Room, directed by Nanni Moretti, wins.

2002: The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins.

2003: Elephant, directed by Gus Van Sant, wins.

2004: Fahrenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore, wins the Palme d'Or.

2005: The Child, directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, wins.

1953: Despite the lack of approval from the Motion Picture Production Board (due to the fact that Preminger refuses to remove the words "virgin," "seduce" and "mistress" from the film), Preminger releases The Moon is Blue.

Summer 1953: The Catholic Legion of Decency gives The Moon Is Blue a "Condemned" rating. Loew's and RKO subsequently refuse to show the movie.

1953: Maggie McNamara is nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Audrey Hepburn wins for her role in Roman Holiday. The film is also nominated for Best Film Editing, Best Music, and Best Song.

Dec. 13, 1982: An episode of M*A*S*H entitled "The Moon Is Not Blue" features the camp attempting to obtain a copy of The Moon Is Blue, which had been banned by the Army.

1970: Robert Altman directs the feature film, M*A*S*H, starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Roger Bowen, Gary Burghoff, Bud Cort and Fred Williamson.

1970: The film wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and wins an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

Sept. 17, 1972: The first episode of the tv series, M*A*S*H, airs on CBS, entitled "M*A*S*H the Pilot". To raise money for their houseboy's tuition, Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) and John McIntyre (Wayne Rogers) hold a party while Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) is in Seoul, annoying Frank Burns (Larry Linville) and Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Switt).

Oct. 8, 1972: In the episode entitled, "Chief Surgeon Who?", the character of Klinger, played by Jamie Farr, makes his first appearance.

Sept. 29, 1973: The character of psychiatrist Sydney Freedman makes his first appearance, played by Allan Arbus.

1974: M*A*S*H wins the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series

Sept. 12, 1975: In the episode, "Welcome to Korea," Trapper receives his orders to ship home and Hawkeye and Radar go to Seoul in order to say goodbye to him and meet the new doctor, Captain BJ Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell).

Dec. 19, 1975: Colonel Sherman T. Potter, played by Harry Morgan, takes over as commanding officer of the 4077th.

Spring 1976: Larry Gelbart (creator/writer/producer) leaves M*A*S*H after the fourth season.

Spring 1977: Gene Reynolds (creator/writer/producer) leaves M*A*S*H after the fifth season.

Sept. 20, 1977: In the episode entitled "Fade Out, Fade In," the character of Major Charles Winchester (David Ogden Stiers) makes his first appearance.

Oct. 15, 1979: In the episode entitled "Good-Bye Radar (Part 2)," Radar receives a hardship discharge after his uncle dies and returns to Iowa.

Feb. 8, 1982: In the episode entitled "The Tooth Shall Set You Free," Major Winchester refuses to seek dental care for a cavity, while a racist commanding officer is putting his black soldiers, including one played by Lawrence Fishburne, in extreme jeopardy.

Dec. 13, 1982: The camp attempts to obtain a copy of The Moon Is Blue, a controversial film banned by the Army.

Feb. 21, 1983: In the second to last episode, "As Time Goes By," the camp buries a time capsule filled with mementos of their time in Korea. Klinger falls in love with a Korean girl whom he later marries.

Feb. 28, 1983: The final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" airs. Los Angeles declares Feb. 28 "M*A*S*H Day" in honor of the final episode.

Sept. 26, 1983: The pilot episode of the spinoff, AfterMASH, airs.

Dec. 18, 1984: The last episode of AfterMASH airs. Although the series had high ratings during the first season, it was cancelled due to poor second season ratings.

1996: The film, M*A*S*H, is selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

1998: The film, M*A*S*H, is recognized by the American Film Institute (AFI) as one of the 100 greatest American films.

2000: The American Film Institute (AFI) recognizes M*A*S*H as one of the 10 funniest American films.