DYR Today, November 23

“Born Today”

• Miley Cyrus (23)
• Snooki (28)
• Lucas Grabeel (31)
• Kelly Brook (36)
• Allison Mosshart (37)
• Page Kennedy (39)
• Chris Adler (43)
• Chris Hardwick (44)
• Zoë Ball (45)
• Oded Fehr (45)
• Salli Richardson-Whitfield (48)
• Vincent Cassel (49)
• Robin Roberts (55)
• Maxwell Caulfield (56)
• Bruce Hornsby (62) Featured Above
• Rick Bayless (62)
• Bruce Vilanch (67)
• Joe Eszterhas (71)
• Robert Towne (81)
• Boris Karloff (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Roald Dahl (Born: September 13, 1916 / Died: November 23, 1990)
• Roy Acuff (Born: September 15, 1903 / Died: November 23, 1992)
• Larry Hagman (Born: September 21, 1931 / Died: November 23, 2012)

“Movies”

• 1988 – Buster
• 1988 – Cocoon: The Return
• 1988 – Hanna’s War
• 1988 – Scrooged

“Music”

• 1963 – Dale & Grace topped the charts with “I’m Leaving It Up to You”

• 1964 – The Beatles released their single “I Feel Fine”
• 1968 – Mary Hopkins topped the Adult Contemporary chart with her single “Those Were the Days”
• 1968 – The Beatles reigned for a ninth week with their single “Hey Jude”
• 1970 – George Harrison’s first solo single “My Sweet Lord” was released in the US

• 1974 – Billy Swan was #1 with the single “I Can Help”
• 1974 – It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll by Rolling Stones was the #1 album
• 1991 – Michael Bolton was #1 with “When A Man Loves A Woman”

• 1996 – “No Diggity” by Blackstreet remained the #1 song

“TV/Radio”

• 1975 – “Dr. Zhivago” appeared on TV for the first time. NBC paid $4 million for the broadcast rights.
• 1998 – CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired a tape of Jack Kevorkian giving lethal drugs in an assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient. Kevorkian was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder.

“Other Important Events”

• 1963 – U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President.
• 1984 – Fred Rogers of PBS’ “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” presented a sweater to the Smithsonian Institution.

• 1985 – 38,648 immigrants became citizens of the United States. It was the largest swearing-in ceremony.
• 1986 – Mike Tyson became the youngest to wear the world heavyweight-boxing crown. He was only 20 years and 4 months old.