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DYR Today, November 20

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“Born Today”

  • Ashley Fink (29)
  • Jared Followill (29)
  • Dan Byrd (30)
  • Jeremy Jordan (31)
  • Future (32)
  • Kimberley Walsh (34)
  • Nadine Velazquez (37)
  • Josh Turner (38)
  • Dominique Dawes (39)
  • Dierks Bentley (40)
  • Davey Havok of AFI (40)
  • Joel McHale (44)
  • Callie Thorne (46)
  • Mike D (50)
  • Ming-Na (52)
  • Sean Young (56)
  • Bo Derek (59) Featured Above
  • Mark Gastineau (59)
  • Joe Walsh (68)
  • Joe Biden (73)
  • Norman Greenbaum (73)
  • Dick Smothers (77)
  • Estelle Parsons (88)
  • Kaye Ballard (90)
  • Mark Miller (90)
  • Richard Dawson (RIP)
  • Robert F. Kennedy (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • Leo Tolstoy (Born: September 9, 1828 / Died: November 20, 1910)
  • Robert Altman (Born: February 20, 1925 / Died: November 20, 2006)

“Movies”

“Music”

  • 1955 – “Rock Around The Clock” by Bill Haley & the Comets went to #1 in the U.K.

  • 1956 – Fats Domino continued to own the #1 R&B song for a fourth week with “Blueberry Hill”.
  • 1965 – Fontella Bass held on to #1 on the R&B chart for a fourth week with “Rescue Me”.

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  • 1965 – The Supremes moved to #1 with “I Hear A Symphony”.
  • 1971 – Isaac Hayes moved to #1 with the “Theme From ‘Shaft’
  • 1973 –  Elton John released the single “Crocodile Rock” in the United States.
  • 1976 – The Captain & Tennille returned to the top with their fifth consecutive #1 Adult Contemporary song–“Muskrat Love”.

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  • 1982 –  Lionel Richie reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with his first solo single “Truly”.
  • 1983 – Tina Turner made her first chart appearance in over ten years with her version of the Al Green hit ‘Let’s Stay Together’.

  • 1988 – Bon Jovi started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with lead single from the band’s album New Jersey, ‘Bad Medicine’, which became the group’s third US No.1, and a No.17 hit in the UK.
  • 1993 – Phil Collins had the top album in the U.K. with Both Sides.

“TV/Radio”

  • 1929 – The radio program “The Rise of the Goldbergs,” later known as “The Goldbergs,” made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.
  • 1955 – Bo Diddley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.  He was requested to perform “Sixteen Tons” but after he sang “Bo Diddley” instead, he was banned from future shows.

  • 1968 – The 100th episode of “Green Acres” aired.
  • 1976 – Paul Simon hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC-TV.
  • 1980 – The 200th episode of “M*A*S*H” aired on CBS
  • 1983 – An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie “The Day After.” The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war.

  • 1997 – Paul McCartney taped an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in New York City.

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1947 – Britain’s Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey.
  • 1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S.ended its blockade of the island.
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  • 1962 – Mickey Mantle was named the American League Most Valuable Player for the third time.
  • 1986 – Dr. Halfdan Maher, the director of the World Health Organization, announced the first coordinated global effort to fight the disease AIDS.
  • 1984 – Michael Jackson earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Mann’s Chinese Theatre.
  • 1986 – The one billionth Little Golden Book was printed. The title was The Poky Little Puppy.
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  • 1990 – The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, FL, after completing a secret military mission.
  • 1997 – Kenny G earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California.
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