DYR Today, December 7

“Born Today”

• Nicholas Hoult (27)
• Emily Browning (28)
• Chris Crocker (29)
• Aaron Carter (29)
• Angel Carter (29)
• Jack Huston (34)
• Dan Bilzerian (36)
• Jennifer Carpenter (37)
• Sara Bareilles (37)
• Shiri Appleby (38)
• Dominic Howard (39)
• Frankie J (41)
• Nicole Appleton (42)
• Terrell Owens (43)
• Damien Rice (43)
• Jeffrey Wright (51)
• Edd Hall (58)
• Larry Bird (60)
• Priscilla Barnes (61)
• Tom Waits (67)
• Ellen Burstyn (84)
• Rick Rude (RIP)
• Eli Wallach (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Rube Goldberg (Born: July 4, 1883 / Died: December 7, 1970)
• Harry Morgan (Born: April 10, 1915 / Died: December 7, 2011)

“Movies”

• 1976 – Fellini’s Casanova
• 1984 – 2010
• 1990 – The Rookie

“Music”

• 1963 – The Singing Nun was at #1 with the single “Dominique”
• 1968 – Big Brother and the Holding Company had the #1 album: Cheap Thrills
• 1968 – “Those Were the Days” was the top song on the Adult Contemporary chart

• 1968 – The Supremes ruled the charts with “Love Child”
• 1971 – Wings released their debut album Wild Life
• 1974 – Carl Douglas had the #1 song: “Kung Fu Fighting”

• 1974 – “Angie Baby” by Helen Reddy was the #1 song
• 1976 – The single “New Kid in Town” was released by the Eagles
• 1985 – “Say You, Say Me” by Lionel Richie was the top song on the Adult charts
• 1985 – Mr. Mister was #1 with the single “Broken Wings”

• 1991 – “Black OR White” by Michael Jackson topped the charts
• 1991 – “That’s What Love is For” by Amy Grant was the #1 Adult Contemporary song
• 1996 – Toni Braxton topped the charts with her single “Un-Break My Heart”

“TV & Radio”

• 1986 – Part 1 of the TV film Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna premiered

“Other Important Events…”

• 1941 – Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy
• 1972 – The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the photograph “The Blue Marble” (Pictured Above), the first clear image of an illuminated face of Earth, on their way to the Moon.