DYR Today, December 9

“Born Today”

• Simon Helberg (36)
• Jesse Metcalfe (38)
• Imogen Heap (39)
• Tre Cool (44)
• Kara DioGuardi (46)
• Lori Greiner (47)
• Jakob Dylan (47)
• Kurt Angle (48)
• Kirstin Gillibrand (50)
• Felicity Huffman (54)
• Mario Cantone (57)
• Donny Osmond (59)
• John Malkovich (63)
• Michael Nouri (71)
• Dick Butkus (74)
• Beau Bridges (75)
• Dame Judi Dench (82)
• Buck Henry (86)
• Kirk Douglas (100) Featured Above
• Margaret Hamilton (RIP)
• Redd Foxx (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Archie Moore (Born: December 13, 1916 / Died: December 9, 1998)
• Jenni Rivera (Born: July 2, 1969 / Died: December 9, 2012)

“Movies”

• 1966 – You’re a Big Boy Now
• 1974 – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
• 1983 – Christine
• 1983 – Scarface
• 1983 – Sudden Impact
• 1983 – Terms of Endearment
• 1988 – Mississippi Burning
• 1988 – My Stepmother is an Alien
• 1988 – Twins
• 1994 – Disclosure
• 1994 – Drop Zone

“Music”

• 1961 – Jimmy Dean had the top song on the Adult chart with “Big Bad John”
• 1962 – The Supremes released their debut album Meet the Supremes
• 1964 – The Kinks released their single “All Day and All of the Night” in the US

• 1972 – Neil Diamond released the live album Hot August Night
• 1972 – Helen Reddy topped the charts with the single “I Am Woman”
• 1974 – George Harrison released his album Dark Horse
• 1978 – “Le Freak” by Chic was the #1 song

• 1989 – Billy Joel topped the charts with “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

• 1995 – “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” by Whitney Houston had its third week on the R&B chart
• 1995 – “Tall, Tall Trees” by Alan Jackson was the top song on the country music charts

“TV & Radio”

• 1960 – The British soap opera Coronation Street premiered
• 1965 – CBS-TV broadcasted the premier of A Charlie Brown Christmas

• 1995 – “Free as a Bird,” debuted on a six-hour ABC documentary on the Beatles

“Other Important Events…”

• 1980 – The disease smallpox was certified eradicated