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DYR Today, November 24

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“Born Today”

  • Sarah Hyland (25)
  • Sabi (28)
  • Elena Satine (28)
  • Karine Vanasse (32)
  • Leah Jenner (33)
  • Katherine Heigl (37)
  • Colin Hanks (38)
  • Stephen Merchant (41)
  • Lola Glaudini (44)
  • Shirley Henderson (50)
  • Dawn Robinson (50)
  • Garret Dillahunt (51)
  • Denise Crosby (58)
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson (59)
  • Linda Tripp (66)
  • Lee Michaels (70)
  • Billy Connolly (73)
  • Pete Best (74)

“Died Today”

  • Diego Rivera (Born: December 8, 1886 / Died: November 24, 1957)
  • Lee Harvey Oswald (Born: October 18, 1939 / Died: November 24, 1963)
  • Freddy Mercury (Born: September 5, 1946 / Died: November 24, 1991)
  • Arthur Hailey (Born: April 5, 1920 / Died: November 24, 2004)
  • Pat Morita (Born: June 28, 1932 / Died: November 24, 2005)
  • Florence Henderson (Born: February 14, 1934 / Died: November 24, 2016)

“Movies”

“Music”

  • 1962 – Brenda Lee topped the Adult Contemporary chart with “All Alone Am I”

  • 1962 – “Big Girls Don’t Cry” by the Four Seasons was #1
  • 1973 – Ringo Starr was #1 with “Photograph”
  • 1979 – Barbra Streisand and Donna Summers were #1 with “No More Tears (Enough is Enough)”

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  • 1979 – The Eagles were at the top of Billboard 200 with The Long Run
  • 1980 – Steely Dan released “Hey Nineteen”
  • 1984 – Prince dominated the charts for 17 weeks with the album Purple Rain
  • 1985 – Starship’s “We Built This City” was the #1 song

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  • 1990 – Mariah Carey remained #1 for her third week with “Love Takes Time”
  • 1990 – Bette Midler was at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart with “From a Distance”

“TV/Radio”

  • 1972 – The first episode of ABC-TV’s “In Concert” was aired. Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley and Seals & Croft appeared in the first episode. It was recorded September 21.
  • 1981 – The first episode of “Simon & Simon” aired on CBS.

“Other Important Events”

  • 1871 – The National Rifle Association was incorporated in the U.S.
  • 1874 – Joseph F. Glidden was granted a patent for a barbed fencing material.
  • 1903 – Clyde J. Coleman received the patent for an electric self-starter for an automobile.
  • 1947 – John Steinbeck’s novel “The Pearl” was published for the first time.
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  • 1963 – Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald live on national television.
  • 1969 – Apollo 12 landed safely in the Pacific Ocean bringing an end to the second manned mission to the moon.
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  • 1996 – Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR event to be held in Japan.
  • 1996 – Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) set an NFL record when he recorded his eighth straight 1,000-yard season.
  • 1998 – AOL (America Online) announced a deal for their purchase of Netscape for $4.21 billion.
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