DYR Today, October 3

“Born Today”

• A$AP Rocky (27)
• Alicia Vikander (27)
• Zuleyka Rivera (28)
• Ashlee Simpson (31)
• Erik von Detten (33)
• Seth Gabel (34)
• John Morrison (36)
• Shannyn Sossamon (37)
• Jake Shears (37)
• Sean William Scott (39)
• Alanna Ubach (40)
• India Arie (40)
• Neve Campbell (42)
• Lena Headey (42)
• Kevin Richardson (44)
• Jimmy Ray (45)
• Janel Moloney (46)
• Gwen Stefani (46)
• Clive Owen (51)
• Tommy Lee (53)
• Jack Wagner (56)
• Al Sharpton (61)
• Keb’ Mo’ (64)
• Joey Arias (66)
• Lindsey Buckingham (66)
• Roy Horn (71)
• Chubby Checker (74)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Woody Guthrie (Born: July 14, 1912 / Died: October 3, 1967)
• Bruce Paltrow (Born: November 26, 1943 / Died: October 3, 2002)
• Janet Leigh (Born: July 6, 1927 / Died: October 3, 2004)

“Movies”

• 1941 – The Maltese Falcon
• 1964 – Cheyenne Autumn
• 1967 – Titicut Follies
• 1980 – Coast to Coast
• 1980 – The First Deadly Sin
• 1980 – Oh, God! Book II
• 1980 – One-Trick Pony
• 1980 – Somewhere in Time
• 1980 – Terror Train
• 1982 – Split Image
• 1986 – Children of a Lesser God
• 1986 – Tough Guys
• 1997 – Kiss the Girls
• 1997 – U Turn

“Music”

• 1950 – Hank Snow’s “I’m Moving On” was the #1 Country song

• 1960 – Ike & Tina Turner performed on American Bandstand
• 1966 – Merle Haggard’s Swinging Doors was released on this date
• 1970 – Diana Ross’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
• 1970 – On the Adult Contemporary chart, Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” was #1

• 1981 – Christopher Cross’s “Arthur’s Theme” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song

• 1983 – Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson released “Say, Say, Say”

• 1987 – Michael Jackson’s Bad was the #1 album on the R&B chart
• 1987 – Erasure’s “Victim of Love (Remix) was the #1 Dance/Electronic song

“TV/Radio”

• 1954 – Father Knows Best premiered on CBS

• 1955 – Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS

• 1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club debuted
• 1960 – The Andy Griffith Show premiered on CBS

• 1961 – The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on CBS (Featured Above)
• 1961 – CBS also aired Mr. Ed this year

“Other Important Events…”

• 1984 – A government shutdown occurred on this date lasting one day