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DYR Today, October 12

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“Born Today”

  • Josh Hutcherson (24)
  • Tyler Blackburn (30)
  • Tom Guiry (35)
  • Marko Jaric (38)
  • Bode Miller (39)
  • Marion Jones (41)
  • Kirk Cameron (46)
  • Martie Maguire (47)
  • Hugh Jackman (48)
  • Carlos Bernard (54)
  • Deborah Foreman (54)
  • Chris Botti (54)
  • Susan Anton (66) Featured Above
  • Chris Wallace (69)
  • Aurore Clement (71)
  • Lin Shaye (73)
  • Dick Gregory (84)
  • Luciano Pavarotti (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • John Denver (Born: December 31, 1943 / Died: October 12, 1997)
  • Wilt Chamberlain (Born: August 21, 1936 / Died: October 12, 1999)
  • Joan Leslie (Born: January 26, 1925 / Died October 12, 2015)

“Movies”

“Music”

  • 1963 – “Sugar Shack” by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs was the #1 song

  • 1974 – “Stop and Smell the Roses” was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
  • 1979 – Fleetwood Mac released Tusk
  • 1982 – Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry” was released this date
  • 1985 – Freddie Jackson’s “You Are My Lady” was the #1 R&B song
  • 1985 – Ready For the World’s “Oh Sheila” was the #1 song

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  • 1985 – Marie Osmond’s “Meet Me in Montana” was the #1 Country song
  • 1987 – George Harrison released “Got My Mind Set on You”

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  • 1991 – Mariah Carey’s “Emotions” was the #1 song

  • 1991 – Peabo Bryson’s Can You Stop the Rain was the #1 R&B album
  • 1992 – Garth Brooks released “Somewhere Other Than the Night”
  • 1993 – Faith Hill released Take Me As I Am

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1979 – Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was published on this date
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