DYR Today, December 20

“Born Today”

• JoJo (27)
• Anoop Desai (30)
• Rocco Botte (33)
• Jonah Hill (34)
• Lucy Pinder (34)
• Lara Stone (34)
• David Cook (35)
• David Wright (35)
• Todd Phillips (60)
• Sohail Khan (47)
• Iqbal Theba (54)
• Michael Badalucco (62)
• Sandra Cisneros (63)
• Jennifer Agutter (65)
• Uri Geller (70)
• Dick Wolf (71)
• Peter Criss (72)
• Branch Rickey (RIP)

“Died Today”

• John Steinbeck (Born: February 27, 1902 / Died: December 20, 1968)
• Bobby Darin (Born: May 14, 1936 / Died:  December 20, 1973)
• Max Robinson (Born: May 1, 1939 / Died: December 20, 1988)

“Movies”

• 1964 – Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster
• 1966 – Murderer’s Row
• 1966 – The Sand Pebbles
• 1968 – The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
• 1968 – Three in the Attic
• 1969 – All Monsters Attack
• 1974 – The Godfather Part II
• 1974 – The Island at the Top of the World
• 1974 – Black Christmas
• 1978 – Every Which Way but Loose
• 1985 – Enemy Mine
• 1989 – Born on the Fourth of July
• 1989 – Roger & Me
• 1990 – Awakening
• 1991 – Bugsy
• 1991 – Father of the Bride
• 1991 – JFK
• 1995 – Nixon
• 1996 – Scream
• 1996 – Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
• 1996 – One Fine Day
• 1996 – My Fellow Americans
• 1996 – Ghost of Mississippi

“Music”

• 1969 – Peter, Paul & Mary were at #1 with the single “Leaving on a Jet Plane”
• 1971 – The Rolling Stones’ compilation album Hot Rocks 1964 – 1971 was released
• 1975 – KC and The Sunshine Band were #1 with the single “That’s The Way (I Like It)”

• 1980 – Christopher Cross had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with “Never be the Same”
• 1980 – “Lady” by Kenny Rogers continued to rule the charts

• 1986 – “Walk Like an Egyptian” had topped the charts
• 1986 – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 1975-1985 was the #1 album

“TV/Radio”

• 1946 – The Disney short Double Dribble, starring Goofy, was released.

• 1962 – The Osmond Brothers made their television debut on The Andy Williams Show.

“Other Important Events…”

• 1957 – Elvis Presley is drafted into the military.
• 1963 – More than 2 years after its construction, the Berlin Wall finally opens.