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DYR Today, December 21

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“Born Today”

  • Tom Sturridge (31)
  • Steven Yeun (33)
  • Tom Payne (34)
  • Shaun Morgan (38)
  • Lukas Rossi (40)
  • Natalie Grant (45)
  • Julie Delpy (47)
  • Kiefer Sutherland (50)
  • Andy Dick (51)
  • Ray Romano (59)
  • Jane Kaczmarek (61)
  • Jeffery Katenberg (66)
  • Samuel L. Jackson (68)
  • Jane Fonda (79)
  • Frank Zappa (RIP)

“Died Today”

  • H.B. Warner (Born: October 26, 1875 / Died: December 21, 1958)
  • Robert Paige (Born: December 2, 1911 / Died: December 21, 1987)
  • Albert King (Born: April 25, 1923 / Died: December 21, 1992)

“Movies”

“Music”

  • 1963 – The #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart was “Dominique” by The SInging Nun
  • 1968 – Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman” was the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart
  • 1968 – “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” was #1 for its second week

  • 1974 – Chicago reached #1 with “Wishing You Were Here”
  • 1983 – Van Halen released the single “Jump”

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  • 1985 – Heart’s self titled album was #1 on the Billboard 200
  • 1985 – “Say You, Say Me” by Lionel Richie continued to top the charts

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  • 1991 – “I Love Your Smile” by Shanice was the #1 R&B song
  • 1991 – Richard Marx’s hit “Keep Coming Back” topped the Adult Contemporary chart

“TV/Radio”

  • 1945 – The Disney short Old Sequoia premiered.

  • 1969 – The Supremes had their final television appearance with Diana Ross on The Ed Sullivan Show.

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1937  – Disney’s first full length animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered.
  • 1968 – Apollo 8, the first spacecraft to leave Earth’s orbit and orbit the moon, was launched.
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