DYR Today, October 6

“Born Today”

• Roshon Fegan (25)
• Olivia Thirlby (30)
• Ricky Hatton (38)
• Melinda Doolittle (39)
• Jeremy Sisto (42)
• Jeff B. Davis (43)
• Lamman Rucker (45)
• Amy Jo Johnson (46)
• Jacqueline Obradors (50)
• Matthew Sweet (52)
• Elisabeth Shue (53)
• Kevin Cronin (65)
• Les Moonves (67)
• Millie Small (70)
• Britt Ekland (74)
• Ellen Travolta (76)

“Died Today”

• Bette Davis (Born: April 5, 1908 / Died: October 6, 1989)
• Denholm Elliott (Born: May 31, 1922 / Died: October 6, 1992)
• Kevin Corcoran (Born: June 10, 1949 / Died: October 6, 2015)

“Movies”

• 1978 – The Big Fix
• 1978 – Midnight Express
• 1978 – Goin’ South
• 1980 – Kagemusha
• 1989 – An Innocent Man
• 1995 – Assassins
• 1995 – How to Make an American Quilt

“Music”

• 1962 – The Four Seasons’ “Sherry” was the #1 song on the Billboard chart
• 1962 – Nat King Cole’s “Ramblin’ Rose” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1965 – The Supremes released “I Hear a Symphony” on this date

• 1969 – The Beatles released “Something” in the U.S.
• 1973 – Cher had the #1 song with “Half-Breed”

• 1973 – Art Garfunkel’s  “All I Know” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1979 – Robert John’s “Sad Eyes” was the #1 song
• 1981 – Journey released “Don’t Stop Believin’” on this day in the U.S.

• 1981 – Don Henley and Stevie Nicks collaborated and released “Leather and Lace” on this date

• 1984 – Prince and the Revolution’s “Let’s Go Crazy” remained at #1
• 1984 – The Cars had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Drive”

• 1990 – Paul Young’s “Oh Girl” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1990 – The #1 R&B song was Pebbles’s “Give You the Benefit”

“TV/Radio”

• 1963 – Barbra Streisand performed a duet on The Judy Garland Show

• 1973 – The American Country Countdown first aired on the radio

“Other Important Events…”

• 1961 – President JFK addressed and advised Americans to build fallout shelters in case of an atomic bombing