DYR Today, December 13

“Born Today”

• Taylor Swift (27)
• Amy Lee (35)
• Tom DeLonge (41)
• Debbie Matenopoulos (42)
• Christie Clark (43)
• Bart Johnson (46)
• Jamie Foxx (49)
• Nene Leakes (49)
• Morris Day (59)
• Steve Buscemi (59)
• Wendie Malick (66)
• Ted Nugent (68)
• John Davidson (75)
• Christopher Plummer (87)
• Dick Van Dyke (91)
• Mary Todd Lincoln (RIP)

“Died Today”

• Samuel Gomper (Born: January 27, 1850 / Died: December 13, 1924)
• Grandma Moses (Born: September 7, 1860 / Died: December 13, 1961)
• Alice Marble (Born: September 28, 1913 / Died: December 13, 1990)

“Movies”

• 1965 – A Thousand Clowns
• 1971 – Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• 1972 – The Getaway
• 1991 – The Last Boy Scout
• 1995 – Sense and Sensibility (Canada)
• 1996 – Jerry Maguire
• 1996 – Mars Attacks!
• 1996 – The Preacher’s Wife

“Music”

• 1969 – “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart

• 1975 – “I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow was the #1 song on the Adult chart
• 1975 – “Fly, Robin, Fly” was the #1 song on the top 100

• 1980 – Kenny Rogers had his fifth week at #1 with the single “Lady”
• 1986 – Bruce Hornsby was #1 with the single “The Way It Is”

• 1997 – Garth Brooks’ album Seven was #1
• 1997 – “My Body” by LSG was the top song on the R&B chart

“TV & Radio”

• 1966 – The rights to the first four Super Bowls were sold to CBS and NBC for total of $9.5 million.
• 1975 – “Saturday Night Live” was told by the network to run a five-second delay for the first time.
• 1978 – The TV movie Lovey: A Circle of Children premiered

• 1996 – The 100th episode of “Renegade” aired.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1998 – Puerto Rican voters rejected U.S. statehood in a non-binding referendum.