DYR Today, February 9

“BORN TODAY”

• Rose Leslie (30)
• David Gallagher (32)
• Zhang Ziyi (38)
• A.J. Buckley (39)
• Charlie Day (41)
• Amber Valletta (43)
• Collin Eggleslfield (44)
• Sharon Case (46)
• Travis Tritt (54)
• Holly Johnson (57)
• Jim J. Bullock (62)
• Ciaran Hinds (64)
• Judith Light (68)
• Mia Farrow (72)
• Alice Walker (73)
• Joe Pesci (74)
• Carole King (75)
• Major Harris (RIP)
• James Owen Sullivan (RIP)
• Bill Justice (RIP)
• Carmen Miranda (RIP)
• William Henry Harrison (RIP)

“DIED TODAY “

• Percy Faith (Born: April 7, 1908 / Died: February 9, 1976)
• Bill Haley (Born: July 6, 1925 / Died: February 9, 1981)
• Jack Owens (Born: November 17, 1904 / Died: February 9, 1997)

“MOVIES TODAY”

• 1951 – Cold Storage
• 1962 – Moon Pilot
• 1965 – Made in Paris
• 1967 – ‘Hurry Sundown’
• 1970 – Zabriskie Point
• 1971 – Little Murders
• 1977 – Fun with Dick and Jane
• 1977 – Wizards
• 1979 – Agatha
• 1979 – The Warriors
• 1979 – The North Avenue Irregulars
• 1996 – Broken Arrow
• 1996 – Beautiful Girls

“MUSIC TODAY”

• 1957 – A new star first appeared on the radio.  On this date, Johnny Mathis had his first hit “Wonderful!  Wonderful!” debut on the chart.
• 1959 – Frankie Avalon had to bow out of the ill-fated Winter Dance Party (that had already claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper) due to pneumonia, replaced by Paul Anka and Fabian.
• 1959 – “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price moved to #1 on the R&B chart.
• 1963 – Bobby Vee’s excellent “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes” remained third.
• 1970 – Sly & the Family Stone received a Gold Record for the single ‘Thank You’.
• 1974 – “Waterloo” by Abba was chosen to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest.
• 1974 – Anne Murray reached #1 on the Adult chart with “Love Song”.
• 1974 – Eddie Kendricks had himself a #1 R&B song with “Boogie Down”.
• 1974 – The beautiful “Love’s Theme” by Love Unlimited Orchestra was the new #1 song.
• 1980 – A great new group from Australia was introduced to us on this date as Air Supply first appeared on the chart and on the radio with their debut single–“Lost In Love”.
• 1980 – Dan Fogelberg scored a #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with one of The Top Love Songs of the Rock Era*–“Longer
• 1983 – Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” was released.
• 1985 – Howard Jones released the single “Things Can Only Get Better”.
• 1985 – All signs pointed to a huge hit for Wham!  with “Careless Whisper” and it jumped to the top of the Adult Contemporary chart.
• 1985 – Madonna rose to #1 on the Album chart with Like a Virgin.
• 1985 – Foreigner’s great song “I Want To Know What Love Is” was #1 for a second week

• 1993 – Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, released his solo album Wandering Spirit.

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1955 – The Disneyland television series airs A Progress Report, featuring a report on the Anaheim theme park’s construction and the True Life Adventure Nature’s Half Acre.
• 1964 – The Beatles made the first of three record-breaking appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” 73 million people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.
• 1964 – Davy Jones made his U.S. television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” with other cast members of Oliver!
• 1969 – Roslyn Kind made her TV debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show”. Roslyn Kind is the sister of Barbra Streisand.
• 1972 –  Bobby Darin starred on an episode of Night Gallery on NBC-TV.
• 1975 –  Cher debuted her television variety series with guests Elton John and Bette Midler.

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1942 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Disney’s Dumbo  for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Music, Original Song (for “Baby Mine”).
• 1960 –  The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward.
• 1965 – Vice President Hubert Humphrey escorts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the White House in Washington on Feb. 9, 1965 for a meeting with President Johnson to discuss civil rights problems.
• 1966 – Liza Minnelli brought her night club act to New York City. She opened at the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel.
• 1971 – The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind’s third landing on the moon.
• 1971 – Satchel Paige was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on this day.
• 1982.  The film looks at the world through the eyes of a child.
• 1996 – The Disney Institute opens at Walt Disney World, Florida.
• 1997 – “The Simpsons” became the longest-running prime-time animated series. “The Flintstones” held the record previously.
• 1998 – Oprah Winfrey announced that Garth Brooks had agreed to donate his earnings from sales from his album “Sevens” for a seven-day period. The money went to “Oprah’s Angel Network.”
• 1999 – Disney’s Mulan and the Disney/Pixar A Bug’s Life both receives Academy Award nominations for Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Musical or Comedy Score). The 71st Academy Awards ceremony took place on March 21.