Watched Days

6 October 1927: The Jazz Singer premiered at Warner's flagship theater in New York, after sunset. First feature-length picture with synchronized singing and speech. It ended the silent era.

The wrinkle: the premiere was timed to Yom Kippur. The film's whole plot is a son singing the Kol Nidre in his dying father's place. The day of atonement is the subject. Wikipedia calls the premiere night “the eve” of the holiday; the Hebrew calendar puts Yom Kippur on 6 October itself. Same date either way.

A picture about choosing between your father's congregation and your own stage, opened on the day you answer for your choices. The studio didn't schedule a century. The record kept the day anyway.