DYR Today, November 26

“Born Today”

• Rita Ora (26)
• Kat DeLuna (29)
• Trevor Morgan (30)
• Lil Fizz (31)
• Natasha Bedingfield (35)
• Maia Campbell (40)
• Joe Nichols (40)
• DJ Khaled (41)
• Tammy Lynn Michaels (42)
• Peter Facinelli (43)
• Arjun Rampal (44)
• Garcelle Beauvais (50)
• Kristin Bauer van Straten (50)
• Scott Adsit (51)
• Lisa Moretti (55)
• Jamie Rose (57)
• Jean Terrell (72)
• Tina Turner (77) Featured Above
• Rich Little (78)

“Died Today”

• Sojourner Truth (Born: 1797 / Died: November 26, 1883)
• Harold Burrage (Born: March 30, 1931 / Died: November 26, 1966)
• Rachel Roberts (Born: September 20, 1927 / Died: November 26, 1980)
• Dan Tobin (Born: October 19, 1910 / Died: November 26, 1982)
• Dehl Berti (Born: January 17, 1921 / Died: November 26, 1991)
• Stan Berenstain (Born: September 29, 1923 / Died: November 26, 2005)
• Dave Cockrum (Born: November 11, 1943 / Died: November 26, 2006)

“Movies”

• 1986 – The Mosquito Coast
• 1986 – Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
• 1986 – Solarbabies
• 1986 – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• 1997 – Flubber

“Music”

• 1966 – The Supreme’s “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” was the #1 song

• 1976 – The Sex Pistols released their single “Anarchy in the U.K.”
• 1977 – “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone was at the top on the Billboard 100

• 1977 – The Bee Gees were #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with their single “How Deep Is Your Love”
• 1983 – Metal Health by Quiet Riot was the #1 album
• 1983 – Lionel Richie had his third week at the top of the charts with “All Night Long (All Night)”

• 1988 – George Michael’s song “Kissing A Fool” was #1 on Adult Contemporary
• 1988 – U2 was #1 with their album Rattle and Hum
• 1994 – Boyz II Men had their 14th week at #1 with “I’ll Make Love to You”
• 1994 – The Eagles’ album Hell Freezes Over was #1
• 1996 – R. Kelly released his popular single “I Believe I Can Fly”

“TV/Radio”

• 1978 – The first lesbian themed TV movie A Question of Love is released

“Other Important Events”

• 1865 – Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland was published
• 1981 – Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and Cicely Tyson were wedded